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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Forest Dept.'s move sparks off controversy
The Assam State Forest Department's inviting quotation from architects for construction of a three-storied building at its Panbazar campus on the bank of the river Brahmaputra, has sparked off a
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Six die of diarrhoea near Tezpur
Six persons died of diarrhoea at Udmari village under Dekargaon panchayat near Tezpur, Assam, allegedly due to non-availability of pure drinking water, according to panchayat sources. Another 40
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Centre launches flood-prone river projects
The Central Government has launched flood-prone river projects to take up schemes to control floods and erosion having inter-state ramification and the State Soil Conservation Department (SCD) has
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Malnutrition, diseases hit Reang refugees
The Reang refugees who had been forced to leave Mizoram following fierce ethnic clashes in October 1997 and had taken shelter in North Tripura district alleged that due to malnutrition and diseases
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States urged to chalk out action plan
With less than a fortnight remaining for expiry of Supreme Court's deadline for clearing of forest areas from encroachment, Union Forest Minister, T R Baalu gave an indication of things to come by
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Environment-friendly paper plant
In the context of the Environment Management System (EMS) adopted in industrial units, the term environment covers pollution, waste materials, ecology, recycling of the rejected products, noise,
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Erosion by Dhansiri river posing grave threat in Kuruabahi area
The erosion by the river Dhansiri (Assam) is posing a grave threat to the people of greater Kuruabahi area. A vast area of paddy fields and residential villagers have been swallowed by the river in
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'Recurrence theory of quakes in NE unscientific'
Renowned geo-physicist Prof. Vinod Kumar Gaur today said earthquakes can never be predicted and dismissed as unscientific theory regarding recurrence of earthquakes in the North East every 50 years.
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Amazon deforestation
In its entirely the Amazon Basin covers some seven million square kilometers. Representing at least 60 p.c. of the world's remaining tropical rain forests, and with some 55,000 different plant
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'Rodents may create famine in 2007'
A famine-like situation will be created in Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh in 2007 by rodents, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Hukumdeo Naryan Yadav warned. Asking the people to be alert