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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Rs 29 lakh to clean up Bharalu river
The Assam State Government has allotted an amount of Rs 29 lakh to clean up the Bharalu river, which is the main dicharge channel of the
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Single dose of medicine can cure leprosy
Dr Ahmed: With modern medical science making rapid strides, it is now possible to cure leprosy with only a single dose of medicine. This was disclosed by Dr Mafizuddin Ahmed, Joint Director
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Shrinking grasslands affecting Assam's bio-diversity
The fate of several globally endangered species has been threatened by dwindling grasslands in Assam, which has no natural grassland of any significance worth conservation left, say wild-life
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International conference on disaster management
The Tezpur University will organise a four-day International Conference on Disaster Management (ICODIM) from April 23 in
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Erosion posing threat to Shishumara village
Erosion by Sonabhori, a tributary of the mighty Brahmaputra, is posing a great threat to the people of Shishumara village, 5 km from the head quarter of the South Salmara-Mankachar civil sub-division
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Dhansiri river anti-erosion project on
The scheme is "A/E measures to extension of Protection work at Kuruabhai area against the erosion of "river Dhansiri". Extension of protection work on U/S and strengthening of the existing
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Chemical poisoning of aquatic animals
A large scale killing of fishes and other aquatic animals by chemical poisoning has been perpetrated by some miscreants in the two sq. km. Hakama Beel under Bilasipara subdivision of Dhubri district,
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Awareness campaign to save endangered fishes
A programme on the awareness of saving the threatened species of fishes was organized in the villages surrounding Ji-Bhorelli river, and at other locations as the Fisheries College (Assam
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More NGOs needed to collect AIDS data in NE
Dr V Saldana, of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) today said that the services of more NGOs will have to be availed of, to gather AIDS related data in the North East. He agreed that the
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Child labour on rise in Dhubri
Child labour assumes the proportion of a social problem, as at arrests or distorts the national growth process and prevents the child from attaining its all-round