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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ADB may fund project
Shillong, Nov. 2: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has designed a loan for supporting human capital development in Meghalaya, following an advice from the department of economic affairs of the Union government.
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Students taken on gibbon sanctuary tour
Jorhat, Oct. 29: Schoolchildren from 13 Assam districts were taken on a day’s tour today to Gibbon wildlife sanctuary at Mariani to sensitise them about the need to conserve nature and wildlife. The students,
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Ex-poachers team up to save rhinos
Jorhat, Oct. 25: The age-old adage, it takes a thief to catch a thief, may be proved true once again if these 20-odd former poachers manage to curb rhino poaching in and around Kaziranga National Park.
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HC order on rhino deaths
Guwahati, Oct. 18: Gauhati High Court today directed Dispur to file a detailed affidavit before November 19 about the steps taken by the state government to check poaching of rhinos and also to spell out
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Rain, pests hit tea production in 2012 - Tocklai readies two climate-resistant clones
Jorhat, Oct. 17: Inclement weather and a resultant increase in pest attacks have brought tea production in Upper Assam down by more than 11 per cent till September. Talking to The Telegraph today, a scientist
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Power project eyes 2016 deadline - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam to benefit from Neepco’s biggest venture
Kimi (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct. 15: There will soon be light at the end of the tunnel, literally. Engineers of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) Limited are just 3km away from breaking out
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Smoking ban zones listed
Jorhat, Oct. 15: The state health department and the Assam unit of the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) have asked the districts to create a list of public places which qualify as no smoking zones
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Monorail relief from snarls - GMDA to conduct feasibility study
The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) will conduct a techno-economic feasibility study of the proposed elevated monorail system in the city. An official source today told The Telegraph
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Solar way to beat LPG price hike
Guwahati, Oct. 14: The century-old Cotton College is looking to the sun to feed its boarders. The region’s oldest college has planned to use solar cookers or solar ovens to cook food in its hostels, as
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NHPC ‘relief’ effort blocked - TMPK stops Majuli-bound vehicles
Jorhat, Oct. 8: An independent flood relief mission by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to Majuli was blocked today by Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) activists who barred four vehicles