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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2 bird havens to be set up in Mizoram
Two bird sanctuaries would be set up at Reiek Mountain and Tamdil forest of Mizoram by the State Environment and Forests Department with the help of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Reiek
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GMC garbage disposal project on the anvil
As part of it 'Clean Guwahati' drive, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) will soon be implementing a garbage disposal project. Admitting that the city lacked a scientific garbage disposal
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Crops worth Rs 243 cr. damaged in floods
The current wave of floods caused havoc among the farmers of Assam and the total value of the crops damaged so far has been estimated to the tune of Rs 243.94 crore. More than seven lakh hectares of
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'Commercial fishing a threat to ecology in Arunachal'
Rampant commercial fishing by using chemical poisons and electric shocks is posing a threat to the fragile ecology of Arunachal Pradesh, its environment and forests Minister Nabum Taki has said. The
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Encephalitis claims 189 lives in State
Cerebral encephalitis has assumed an epidemic form in upper Assam and Sonipur district claiming 189 lives so far. In Dibrugarh, the disease has claimed 112 lives. Doctors said children have been the
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Yet another scourge
With floods and epidemics taking their toll with tragic repetition, Assam's cup of woes indeed brims over! Whether it be people being washed away by furious torrents, or succumbing to water-borne
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Measles claims 14 in Arunachal
At least 14 children were killed due to outbreak of measles and 200 were affected by it in Kalaktang circle of West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said. The outbreak of the
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40 bird species facing extinction in State
Although India can boast of a rich avifauna having as any as 1,200 species of birds out of a total of 8,650 in the world, at the same time 78 species of Indian birds are threatened with extinction.
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Guwahati growing, but at what cost?
Guwahati, the small fascinating town of the early 1970s, is growing at a rapid pace with the zeal to emerge as a 'modern metropolis'. But it is growing at the cost of its enchanting 'blue hills',
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Outbreak of diseases in Dhemaji
Outbreak of various diseases has taken serious turn in the Dhemaji district, Assam. Among the diseases malaria, high fever (suspected to be Japanese encephalitis), diarrhoea, jaundice are taking