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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Brick kilns posing serious threat in Sonitpur districtz
More than 800 acres of agricultural land are being used in the brick-making factories in and around Khanamukh, Assam, producing more than a million bricks annually. As a result the factories have
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New agric policy in Meghalaya
Meghalaya government would adopt a new agricultural policy in tune with the state's climatic factors, state Agriculture Minister P M Syiem has said. A new agricultural policy would be adopted for
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'Tripura has scope for forest-based economy'
The forest cover witnessed a gradual increase in recent times in majority of the states, the Director General of Union Forest Ministry M K Sharma said. Sharma, on a two-day trip to Tripura, told that
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1500 homeless as storm lashes Tripura
About 1500 people were rendered homeless and 13 Tripura State Rifles jawans injured as more than 350 huts and seven camps of security forces were damaged in a cyclone that swept over North Tripura
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Plan to involve locals for Kaziranga development
Taking a cue from the mutually beneficial experience of several State Governments following constitution of eco-development committees in villages located at fringe areas of national parks and
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Forest development agency at KNP on anvil
Taking a cue from the mutually beneficial experience of several State governments following constitution of eco-development committees in villages located at fringe areas of national parks and
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Leaping towards extinction
The greatest event in the evolutionary history was a transition from aquatic to terrestrial mode of life, and amphibians were the first vertebrate to attempt this transition some 350 million years
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CAG indicts Flood Control dept
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has identified various irregularities in the Flood Control Department and recommended that the ongoing scheme should be completed on priority basis
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ASTEC to launch environment website, energy park
The Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC) is soon launching a website that will deal mainly with the State's environment-related issues. Meanwhile, the Council has set up an
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Rare birds facing extinction in Manipur
Manipur is proud of her rich avi-fauna with Mrs Hume's barred back pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) and Blyth's tragopan found in the state being quite spectacular. The Khaleej pheasant found in Manipur