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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Malaria, jaundice create havoc in Gohpur
Malaria and jaundice created havoc in the western Gohpur, Assam, particularly Dufflaghur TE and its surrounding villages namely Nalanibari, Kekorijan and Tinkonia. It has already claimed 16 people.
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Diarrhoea claims six lives in North Cachar Hills district
Diarrhoea has taken an epidemic form at Umrangso and Harangajao, Assam claiming three lives at Umrangso and more than fifty patients have been hospitalised to different health centres at Umrangso and
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Malaria, viral fever, hepatitis assume alarming proportion s in Nalbari
The outbreak of malaria, viral fever and hepatitis have assumed alarming proportions in different parts of north belt of Nalbari district, Assam, particularly in the areas of Tamulpur and Mussalpur
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Gastro-enteritis hits Karimganj district
The entire Karimganj district of Assam is under the grip of sever gastro-enteritis. The disease has already spread through some villages. Three people have already fallen victims to the disease.
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Efforts on to curb HIV-AIDS in Nagaland
The Nagaland government is making all efforts to combat HIV/AIDS menace in the state and implementing control programmes as the dreaded epidemic encompasses al sections of the society. A concerted
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Many Bajali villagers hit by malaria
Several villagers of Chapaguri, Kaklabari mauzas, in the northernmost part of Bajali subdivision of Assam have been affected by malaria. Malaria and viral fever have struck people. It may be stated
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'Only 10 % of waste absorbed by earth'
World Environment day was observed at the Assam Engineering College. Dr. K C Borthakur, Chairman of Indian Water Works Association (IWWA) in his speech, said that only 10 % f the waste generated by
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'Area under notified forests in State decreasing'
The Assam State Forest Minister G C Langthasa today said that due to encroachment, the area under notified forests in the state has gone down to an alarming 16 per cent in terms of closed forests
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Cachar police launches afforestation drive in Silchar town
An afforestation project titled "Sabuj Dhara" of Cachar Police was ceremonially started in Silchar town in Assam by PHE Minster Dinesh Prasad Goala. Under this scheme, 22,000 saplings will be planted
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SC, Centre firm on eviction of encroachers from forests
While political expediency on the part of majority of four politicians on the issue of eviction of encroachers from forest land in Assam has been vitiating the social atmosphere here, the Supreme