Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in matter of Himangshu Nath Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 12/09/2022. An application on the worsening air quality affecting the city of Guwahati and the resultant health effects was filed before the NGT. The NGT said that …
Significant milestones have been achieved by the National Rural Health Mission in Assam, but arduous hurdles have to be crossed before improved healthcare becomes accessible to all. The NRHM that was launched in 2005 started its initiatives a few months late and till date has spent substantial funds for the …
Following the constitution of a Task Force by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to monitor the effectiveness of the ban on smoking at popular public places, the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) has carried out an inspection of 56 public places here that included hotels, eateries, bars and discos and …
State Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain today informed that the State has entered into a tripartite agreement involving the National Park Authority and the Central Government for the implementation of the Project Tiger Foundation in the State. Assam is among the five States of the country to have entered …
A fresh case of swine flu (H1N1) has been detected in the State. With this, the number of patients infected by the H1N1 virus has gone up to four. Wife of L Rajkumar Singha, a retired Army personnel who was earlier tested positive for the H1N1 virus, today tested positive …
Mushroom farmers of Sonapur area are eyeing online help for fund-raising opportunities in England as well as potential market linkage in that country to boost their cluster farming system. After spending three weeks with the mushroom farmers, Gareth Knott, a student of Mathematics at the University of Bath, England hopes …
Waterlogging after a brief spell of rain is still a common feature in Guwahati city, but unfortunately, more than five years have passed since former Gauhati University Vice-Chancellor Dr NK Choudhury offered a series of suggestions to the Government to deal with the problem and most of those are yet …
A ray of hope has emerged for fish farmers as well as investors in the fisheries sector with the Assam Fisheries Investment Facilitation Service Centre performing quite well in the first year of operation. The centre that was set up last year has acted as a bridge between fish farmers …
The Government of India has sanctioned Rs 1.55 crore to the Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University for undertaking research and training in bio-medical and basic clinical sciences. The department, buoyed by the approval of the Central Government is confident that the research work carried out under this project will contribute …
Assam Mineral Development Corporation Limited (AMDC), a Government of Assam undertaking, today signed an MoU with M/s Jaiprakash Associates Limited for setting up of a 2 million tonnes cement plant through joint venture in Assam to produce about 6,667 MT per day or about 1,33,334 bags of cement per day …
The Ministry of Urban Development has technically sanctioned a water drainage project for Bahini and Noonmati basin at Guwahati under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) at an estimated cost of Rs 125.36 crore. It would be taken up for consideration according to guidelines of JNNURM, said Minister …
Under pressure of the environmentalist groups, Gauhati University has been commissioned to study the downstream impact of the 2000 MW Subansiri (Lower) Hydroelectric Project. The move came even as the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) completed an Environment Impact Assessment for a seven Km area, downstream of the dams site …
Guwahati: Until recently, 55-year-old Biswajit Bora made a modest living growing paddy on his two- acre plot in Assam's Nagaon district and managed to feed his family of six. Today Bora goes from house to house with a begging bowl for survival. "There is no option left other than begging …
The Assam Industrial Policy 2008, which was released today by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at the Maniram Dewan Trade Centre has accorded top priority to doing away with the hurdles faced by investors in getting land allotment for setting up of industries by releasing the
Thanks to late arrival of the monsoon and the drought-like situation witnessed in most parts of the country, especially at the sources of production, prices of potato and onion to continue to remain high in the State till the arrival of fresh crops in October.
Guwahati: Over three lakh people have been hit in Assam after incessant rains in catchment areas caused rivers to flow above the danger level as the flood situation in the state turned grim on Friday. Official sources said Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger level at several places including …
