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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NGT admits appeal against Dibang project
The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone (EZ) Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) admitted on July 30, 2015, an appeal (No-04/2015/EZ) Pradip Kumar Bhuyan and another versus Union of India and Others) that
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New waste management initiative launched
Care Assam has launched an endeavour, Affordable Waste Management Initiative (AWMI) as an attempt to find solutions to waste management in Guwahati. The core objective is to offer a waste management
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Awareness meet on water supply projects
The Guwahati Jal Board organised a public awareness meeting on the water supply projects being initiated by the State Government at Samannay Path in Sarumataria on July 13. The meeting was held in cooperation
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Encroachment on Garbhanga forest posing threat
Encroachment from the Meghalaya side on the pristine Garbhanga Reserved Forest, upstream of the Basistha river, with the tacit support of the local administration of the neighbouring State, has been posing
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Rs 1,00,000 cr for road network in NE
The Government of India has chalked out an ambitious plan to invest one lakh crore rupees over a period of five years for improvement of road communication in the entire north-eastern region and the Ministry
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Maggi banned in Meghalaya
The Meghalaya government has banned Maggi noodles in the State for two months after Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) was found in the samples. Y Tsering, Commissioner of Food Safety, said, “Chicken Maggi and
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Tripura to have two jumbo reserves
To ensure preservation of jumbo population in Tripura, the State government has sent a proposal to the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment seeking its support to establish two elephant conservation
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City’s air during 2014 satisfactory: PCBA
The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) has worked out an Air Quality Index (AQI) for measuring the air quality of State capital Guwahati, and as per the first AQI ratings, the city’s air quality during
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Kaziranga encroachment: Centre may seek report from State govt
Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the Centre would shortly seek a report from the Assam government on reports of large-scale encroachment on areas around the Kaziranga
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NGT slaps penalty on top State bureaucrats
GUWAHATI– The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone (EZ) Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary-cum-Additional Chief Secretary