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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Johannesburg summit
The term 'sustainable development' was catapulted into the consciousness of world leaders at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio De Janeiro in 1992. At its core was
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Rs. 37-cr Central funds for State rural sector
The Rural Development Ministry has released funds to the tune of over Rs. 37.51 crore under two schemes including drinking scheme to Assam. A spokesman of the ministry here this evening announced the
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Workshop on waste minimisation
Small Industries Service Institute (SISI), Ministry of SSI, Bamumimaidam, Guwahati will organise a one-day educational workshop on "Waste Minimisation and Cleaner Production" on February 26.
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Revised Grain Bank scheme
The Central sector scheme of Grain Bank in tribal villages, which was launched in 1996-97, has been revised by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The revised plan simplifies not only the
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Pulse Polio: how safe and essential?
The greatest achievement in the field of medicine in the last century is the eradication of small pox from the world, a disease which in the early part of the century was not only responsible for
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Smoking banned
The Government of Assam under Section 3 of the Assam Prohibition of Smoking & Non-Smoking Health Protection Act, 1999 has banned smoking in public
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AIDS education in schools
Education today, more than at any time in the past, is called upon to respond to a number of complex national and global problems. It is expected to contribute to human resource development,
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NE forest and related ecosystems under pressure
Remote sensing and geospatial modeling have shown that forest and related ecosystems in North-east India are under severe pressure from biotic and abiotic factors with Sonitpur region in Assam being
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Rapid shrinkage of breeding habitat of endangered Adjutant Stork
Felling of nestling trees and wanton destruction of mixed forests have been causing rapid shrinkage to natural breeding habitat of the endangered greater Adjutant Stork (called hargila in Assam)
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Loans disbursed in Garo Hills
The social Forestry Department, under the community Bio-diversity Conservation Project' sponsored by the North-Eastern Council (NEC), has disbursed loans to the beneficiaries from five villages