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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Importance of bamboo charcoal highlighted
GUWAHATI, Oct 5 – The present day students are becoming more concerned with the growing need of the society they are living in. This is reflected in their activities, particularly in the projects they
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Meghalaya approves mining policy
SHILLONG, Oct 5 – Meghalaya today approved the much-anticipated Mining policy, incorporating the age-old, but, controversial practice of rat-hole mining, fearing “war” from local miners. Chief Minister
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Brahmaputra Board to be restructured
Against the backdrop of frequent floods in Assam and allegations of its failures to deal with the situation, the Centre has decided to restructure the Brahmaputra Board and turn it into a body to develop
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Storks struggling to survive in shrinking habitat
GUWAHATI, Oct 2 – The latest count of the city’s greater adjutant stork (hargila in Assamese) population, which has shown a declining trend over the past one decade, yielded a count of 258 this year –
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15,000 families displaced in Meghalaya floods
The severe back flow of Brahmaputra river in the past three days has created havoc in the western plain belts of Meghalaya displacing more than 15,000 families and affecting more than one lakh people,
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Tripura to buy more power from Mizoram, Meghalaya
AGARTALA, Oct 2 – Puja revellers here can hope to enjoy load-shedding free Durga puja this year even though the first unit of Palatana power project does not get operational before the biggest Hindu carnival.
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State to have Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
GUWAHATI, Sept 30 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the Government would set up anti-poaching camps in areas outside Kaziranga National Park, especially on the hilly stretches of the nearby
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Firm sets terms to continue waste management
GUWAHATI, Sept 30 – The Guwahati Waste Management Company Private Ltd (GWMCPL), a subsidiary of the Hyderabad-based Ramky Enviro Engineers, has slapped some conditions to continue with its solid waste
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White papers on flood relief, wildlife: CM
GUWAHATI, Sept 30 – Accusing the BJP and Asom Gana Parishad of playing politics over flood and poaching of rhinos, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced that his government will bring out two white
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Rice exporters to educate farmers
JAMMU, Sept 28 (PTI): Threatened by rising rejection and holding up of rice consignments in US due to higher than permissible pesticide residues, the Rs 24,000 crore rice export industry has decided to