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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
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
In another case of alleged fraud during implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Meghalaya, a father-son duo duped gullible villagers in the name of implementation of the Central scheme.
The Department of Fisheries is planning to promote aquatic tourism in select areas of the State, following encouraging results from a pilot project in Guwahati. From April onward this year, the department
The flood water of the river Bhogdoi washed away the Sholmora Nahatiya embankment along the southern bank of the river situated in North West Jorhat at two places today around 11-45 am.
Disruption in power supply and lack of awareness among the farmers have made the existing cold storage facilities of the State ineffective, despite there being a growing demand from the farming community and the intelligentsia for more such facilities. The State has so far two cold storage facilities.
An imaginative action plan is required to harness the water resources of North East India for long-term economic gains.
The State Bank of India (SBI) has urged the farmers to avail loans for agriculture from banks and reap the benefit of the interest subvention permitted by the Government of India and the State Government in respect of agricultural crop loan. SBI has already covered 336 villages out of 399 un-banked villages allotted to SBI, having a population of over 2,000 in Assam. This was highlighted by
The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has called upon the State Government to be
In what could mark onset of the flood season in Assam, the Brahmaputra river is flowing above danger level at Dibrugarh and likely to rise further during the day. This was officially stated by the Flood Forecast Monitoring Directorate, functioning under the Flood Management Organisation of Central Water Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, that monitors water levels of various Indian rivers
The State Government will follow zero-tolerance policy on wetland encroachment while the prospects of granting settlement rights (patta) to the landless poor residing in hills (excluding reserve forest areas) in Guwahati would be assessed by a committee headed by Dr Bhumidhar Barman. The committee will comprise the four MLAs of the city, three distinguished citizens and the Forest Minister, and
CHABUA, June 22