NE states show rise in HIV cases: Report
Guwahati: New HIV infections have been reported in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram in 2017, in spite of an overall decline in HIV infection in the country, according to a National AIDS
Telegraph (North East)
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Akhil moves PM on dams - Memorandum last and final warning to Delhi and Dispur to stop construction
The anti-dam pressure group
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Measles drive in Morigaon
Dispur has set 2011 as the deadline for 100 per cent measles immunisation among children in the state. The state director of the National Rural Health Mission, J.B.
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Council to rid Kohima of dogs and pigs
The Kohima Municipal Council wishes to make Kohima free of pigs and dogs as a massive drive for cleanliness and beautification of the town began today. Er. Y.
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Panels to monitor mushroom farming- Projects to help farmers, generate jobs
The Mushroom Development Foundation plans to set up seven clusters in the state with an expert panel in each of them for supervision to help mushroom cultivators boost production. Monitoring committees have already been constituted in four of these clusters, each comprising 60 to 100 farmers, with a target of producing 5kg mushroom a day by a farmer.
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Kids in save-dolphin drive - CEE bid to involve schoolchildren in conservation
The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) has come forward to help conservation of river dolphins with schoolchildren being a core part of the team. The target is to reach out to almost 120-125 schools in the state which will be divided into five clusters, including Subansiri to Biswanath Ghat, Guwahati and North Guwahati, Kukurmara, Goalpara and Dibru river near Tinsukia. On the lines of c
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Fresh unit for Namrup plant
A proposal for setting up a modern fertiliser unit to supplement the ageing units at the Namrup-based Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corporation Ltd, the lone fertiliser unit of the region, is under active consideration. According to BVFCL sources, the Centre is likely to take a decision on this in the next couple of months. Several parties, including the main Opposition party, the AGP, as we
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WWF to aid Manas plans
The World Wildlife Federation has evinced interest in the long-term management of Manas National Park. This was conveyed by Carlos Drews, the director of species programme, WWF International, to A.
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Dengue alarm in Assam
Dengue is breeding in Assam. The death of two persons because of dengue has put Dispur on high alert with the health department contemplating a study to locate possible breeding space in the state for the dengue-causing aedes aegypti mosquito. This follows the death of Sanjib Bordoloi, 50, in Dibrugarh yesterday, who according to health department sources "had never been outside the state in
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Project to protect gibbons
Guwahati, Oct.
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Rain pushes Manipur farmers to starvation brink
Imphal, Oct.