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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- Wildlife expert for steps to maintain ecological balance
There must be a total ban on planting big trees in the existing grasslands in the State's various forests so that the delicate balance of ecology is not disturbed, said Sri Anwaruddin Choudhury, a
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-NGOs' meet calls for wildlife conservation
An orientation cum network meeting of NGOs involved in promoting wildlife conservation in North-east India was held in the conference hall of the Guwahati Planetarium here
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- Assam Health Establishment Act to be amended
The Government of Assam has initiated steps to amend the Assam Health Establishment Act, 1993, in order to incorporate specific penal provisions to take action against the nursing homes responsible
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- 40 pc of Assam's population still under poverty line
Despite repeated assurances by successive Governments to eradicate poverty, over 40 per cent of the total population of Assam are still living below the poverty line, that too according to an
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- Forest department fails to initiate remedial measures
Large-scale illegal felling of trees along Indo-Bhutan border Kachugaon, Haultogaon and Aie Valley forest divisions has been going on unabated during the last decade. Due to this unabated felling of
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- Project on banana plant utilisation
In a major grant-in-aid project assigned by the Directorate of Industries, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, the Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat, undertook a study on the utilisation of wild
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- Forest resources dwindling
The valuable forest resources in the Assam-Nagaland border and the Numbor reserved forest under Golaghat district have been destroyed by the encroachers and the anti-social elements. The forest
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Concern over agarwood smuggling
Smuggling in Agarwood in Rajapara Beat under Loharghat Range in the Kamrup West Forest Division has caused strong concern not only to the Forest Department but also to the conscious people of South
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Bird survey programme at Chakrashila
Nature's Beckon has undertaken a comprehensive bird survey programme at Chakrashila wildlife Sanctuary along with a conservation awareness programme. This programme has started on December 1 and will
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Namrup reels under pollution threat
The ecology of Namrup is fragile, owing to the industrialization, which covers 59.48% of the land surface. Gaseous emissions of these industries like - Oxide of sulphur, nitrogen, methane and several