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
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Free health camps for truckers, migrant labourers held
Socio-Economic Development Organisation, an NGO has made commendable efforts to deal with HIV/AIDS under Trucker's Health Management Project in Tinsukia supported by Assam State AIDS Control Society,
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NGO extending service in health sector
Dr Ambedkar Mission, Assam, an NGO based at Changsari has been extending major health care services to the downtrodden classes in the greater Chandsari, Dhopatari, Borka, Athiaboi, Bonmaja, Malong,
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Patchouli cultivation : a profitable proposition for Assam peasants
The cultivation of Patchouli has been a profitable enterprise in Assam. It can be cultivated in a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. The leaves of Patchouli is used to prepare Patchouli oil.
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Diarrhoea, viral fever assumes epidemic form in Noakata
Diarrhoea and viral fever have assumed epidemic forms at several areas of Tamulpur constituency in Assam located on the Bhutan border in the districts of Nalbari and Kamrup besides a few villages in
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Tripura reeling under severe food, water crisis
Most of the areas in North and South Tripura are still reeling under severe water and food crisis. Besides, due to constant threats from militants the doctors have not been able to move into the
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Conservation camp at Kachari
The Biodiversity Assessment Troop (BAT), a Dhubri-based NGO, in Assam, organised a day-long 'Bat Awareness and Conservation Camp in the forest office campus beneath the Kachari Fruit Bat Roosting
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Study reveals NE hotbed of destructive micro-moths
A team of Zoologists, led by Dr (Smt) JK Grewal, former Head of the Department of Zoology in Guwahati city's Handique Girls' College, has collected over 7,000 specimens referrable to more than 500
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'Balanced use of chemical manures not harmful'
Under the auspices of the Gosaigaon College extension education sub-committee (NAAC), a day-long seminar on agricultural productivity and the use of chemical manures and pesticides was held at
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Lapang move to boost health tourism in State
The Meghalaya State Medicinal Plants Board would be constituted soon, Chief Minister D D Lapang informed. Observing that the northeastern region in general and Meghalaya in particular was rich in
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Tribal existence in Garo Hills under threat
Unabated influx from across Bangladesh and neighbouring Assam is threatening the very existence of the Garo people residing in the plain belt areas of West Hills. The issue continues to be sensitive