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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Manipur villagers demand halt to Mapithel dam
Dam-affected villagers protesting the blocking of Thoubal river for dam cosntruction during the observation of International Rivers Day in Manipur on Saturday. – Correspondent IMPHAL, March 15 – Dam-affected
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Manipur sets up swine flu monitoring cells
IMPHAL, March 8 – Monitoring Cell Helpline for Swine Flu has been opened in Manipur after the detection of a HINI case in the State. Meanwhile, the condition of the confirmed H1N1 (swine flu) infected
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Centre seeks detailed report from State
Concerned over the reports of encroachment on the reserve forests posing a threat to the law and order situation in Assam, the Centre has sought a detailed report from the State Government on the issue.
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Directive on municipal solid waste dumping site
The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Chief Secretary of the State to file an affidavit on the issue of the alternative site for dumping of the municipal
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Efforts on to resume Subansiri dam construction: Tuki
More than three years since the construction of the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) of NHPC came to a halt, Arunachal Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today told the State Assembly
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State to draft own Land Acquisition Bill
The Assam Government is drafting a new Land Acquisition Bill and it will not implement the Central Act of 2013 that was recently amended by the Union Government through an ordinance, Chief Minister Tarun
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Simple, cost-effective garbage disposal
Environ, a city-based NGO working in the field of waste management, has launched an innovative garbage disposal system for the city’s households. The Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) has also evinced
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Manas rhino project progressing well: Director
The ambitious India Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) is heading in the right direction and there is no reason to doubt its success so far, said AC Das, Director of the Manas National Park cum Tiger Project.
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NGT urged to stop WRD activities
GUWAHATI, Dec 23 – RTI-cum-environmental activist, Rohit Choudhury has filed a plea before the Kolkata-based Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), to pass orders directing the State’s
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9,637 people HIV positive in Mizoram
AIZAWL, Dec 1 – At least 9,637 people in Mizoram have been found to be HIV-positive while 587 AIDS patients died in the State in the last 24 years, according to Mizoram State AIDS Control Society. MSACS