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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Centre keen on State forest schemes
The Central Government has started responding positively to the ambitious schemes forwarded by the State Forest Department for improvement of forest cover in Assam and revival of the Manas National
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Body formed to tackle Man-elephant conflict
A delegation from North East India comprising both Government and non-government agencies working for elephant conservation has formed the North East India Elephant Specialist Group at Colombo, Sri
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Rampaging elephants wreaking havoc in Goalpara
Following continual loss of property and injury to life caused by a rampaging herd of wild elephants in the south-eastern periphery of Goalpara town in Assam since over four months now, around 800
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Govt in slumber as rain forests disppearing in State
The Assam State is perhaps heading fast towards that time when its entire population will have to throng the natural history galleries of the museums to know as to what does a rain forest mean. This
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Typhoid cases on the rise in city
Typhoid is witnessing a spurt in many Guwahati city areas with a number of people, especially children, getting treatment at various hospitals and nursing homes since the last couple of months. The
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State gets Rs 70 cr as flood assistance
In what can be described as a set back for Assam Government, Central Government has sanctioned Rs 70.72 crore as flood assistance for the State against its demand for sanction of at least Rs 100
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Plan to make Manas National Park vibrant again
The Forest Department is trying to explode the "myth' that the Manas National Park, one of the two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Assam, is not safe for tourists and the Park has been opened for
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Flash floods wreak havoc in Shillong
Intermittent rain turned torrential Friday morning submerging low-lying areas and causing landslides in and around Shillong leading to the death of a girl and damage to property worth crores. The
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Endangered habitat
The claim of Nature Beckons, as pointed out by Assam Forest Department officials, that they have
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Bacterial water exposes GMC callousness
The recent detection of contaminated water supplied by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), with the presence of the dreaded E-Coli bacteria confirmed to an alarming level, has brought to the