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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Snake population in State dwindling
Moti Ojha :Seventy-year-old Moti Ojha has been catching snakes in Assam for over half a century now. He has lost count of number of snakes he had caught during the period 'with permission from the
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Manipur launches unique programme
manipur, which has the dubious distinction of having the maximum number of AIDS patients in the country, has launched a unique 'harm minimisaiton programme' among intravenous drug users to reduce the
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Diarrhoea claims 12 lives at Dergaon
The diarrhoea and dysentery - which are sprading like epidemic in Golaghat district of Assam have already claimed 12 lives so far in the flood affected areas of
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WB project aims to reduce infant mortality rate
The World bank sponsored Assam Area project aims to bring down the infant mortality rate in the State from 80 per thousand live births, which is higher than the national average, to 50 per thousand
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AIDS, Malaria major health concerns in NE
The Union Minister of State and Family Welfare, Sri Dalit Ezhilmalai expressed concern that malaria and AIDS have emerged as the major health concerns in the North Eastern states and called upon the
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Cancer cases in Assam increasing
The number of cancer patients in Assam and other parts of north eastern region is increasing with every passing year and according to Director of Dr. B Barooah Cancer Institute Dr. Gazi G Ahmed, the
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Concern over unabated fishing of fingerlings
People belonging to various sections have expressed grave concern over illegal fishing during the breeding season which has flooded the markets of the city as well as of other parts of the state with
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AIDS situation grim in Assam
The AIDS situation in the state has been grim with 14 deaths and 27 positive AIDS cases detected till April 30 this year throughout the state. Assam now stands next to Manipur in this regard in the
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NGOs fail to play active role
Though more than 20 Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs) are working in the health sector in Assam, they failed to play an active role in controlling gastroenteritis, which created havoc in different
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Depletion of forest cover in State causing concern
Increasing population, agriculture, urbanisation and industrialisation have been pinpointed as the major causes for the rapid depletion of the forest cover in Assam. The State Forest Department has