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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Over 51 lakh people hit by floods
The overall flood situation in Assam State is gradually improving with the water levels of the mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries continuing to recede at a fast pace. However, with the fresh
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Rabi crops offer respite to flood-ravaged farmers
A vast majority of people in Assam depend entirely on agriculture for their livelihood, but every year devastating floods coupled with erosion destroy their standing crops , that in turn cripple the
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Udalguri subdiv hit by epidemic diseases
The remote countryside of Udalguri subdivision is at present under the grip of epidemics as the deadly malaria, jaundice, pneumonea like fever, diarrhoea have become common diseases of the villagers
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Declare State floods as national problem
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi urged upon the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to impress upon the National Disaster Management Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs to declare flood in Assam as a
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Encroachers cock a snook at Govt steps on forest cover in Sonitpur
The Assam State Government has alerted the Forest Department to stop encroachment on forests. It has imposed a ban on deforestation and is evicting encroachers state-wide. But very little has been
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Centre prepares master plan
The Union Environment and Forest Ministry is preparing a master plan for conservation and commercialisation of medicinal plants of the north-eastern
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51 diarrhoea, malaria deaths in Nalbari
Lack of medical facilities has complicated the situation in Nalbari district in Assam where diarrhoea, dysentery and malaria have assumed in alarming proportion. About 26 lives were claimed by
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Blood dysentery takes epidemic form in North Kamrup areas
Blood dysentery has taken an epidemic form in the vast area of No 1 Suwagpur (Murabari) on the Bhutan border in North Kamrup district, Assam, claiming over 8 lives so far and affecting nearly all
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Time for serious thought to pollution'
A three day State Level master trainer's training workshop (MTW) under the National Green Corps (NGC) programme of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, was held at State Guest
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Guwahatians lack idea of pure milk, says study
Pasteurisation of milk is an alien term for about 88.5% Guwahatians, and 94.5% of the people who have heard the term "pasteurisation", do not know about the implication of the process. Most of the