ASSAM WHO features Assam’s Covid-19 frontline workers   World Health Organization in appreciation of effective Covid-19 management in Assam has featured the state’s frontline workers in its news section with the headline “ASSAM: Frontline workers with muddy feet and hearts of gold.” The feature story published on Wednesday has paid tributes to the state’s frontline workers saying, … Read more

ASSAM Assam: Farm products can now be sold directly to housing complexes   The North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC) of the Union DoNER ministry on Wednesday launched a farm linkage programme in select wards here to bring fresh farm products directly to housing societies. This will serve the twin purpose of eliminating trips to markets for residents … Read more

ASSAM Assam: Health, education bigger issues in Barpeta than citizenship   Minority strongholds in Barpeta seem more concerned about health, education and infrastructure development than citizenship issues.   Thousands of people were excluded from the NRC, the updated version of which was published in August 2019 in Baghbar, Jania and Chenga constituencies in Barpeta. This district has been the nervecentre … Read more

ASSAM Tezpur University students design IoT based portable ventilator to fight Covid-19   Tezpur University (TU) students have designed an IoT (Internet of things) based portable ventilator to fight Covid-19, which can be life saving in case of respiratory failure. As shortage of ventilators have been haunting the country since breakout of the Covid crisis, … Read more

ASSAM Assam gets 1 lakh more vaccination doses, but not enough to start statewide drive   Assam has received 1 lakh more Covishield doses, taking the total vaccine availability in the state to 3.25 lakh doses, ahead of the inoculation drive for the 18-44 age group set to begin at 26 Covid vaccination centres in greater Guwahati.   … Read more

ASSAM DRDO’s new Covid drug not to be used on a mass scale: Assam health department   The Covid drug DRDO 2-DG will not be used in Assam on a mass scale but only on an experimental basis. The state is awaiting the first consignment of 1,000 packets of the medicine for emergency use.   Without major trials, it … Read more

ASSAM New app likely soon for doorstep jabs for select group in Assam   Prisoners, old age home residents and people with special needs will be given the status of top priority citizens enabling them to get vaccinated at their doorstep. With the support of chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the state health department is mulling over a … Read more

ASSAM   Lockdown, poor rainfall set to bring down Assam’s tea yield   After being hit hard by Covid-induced lockdowns last year, Assam’s tea industry is reeling from rainfall deficit this year, and as a result tea production till May is projected to drop by about 60 million kg as compared to the same period … Read more

ASSAM   Implementation of new Assam Accord top priority, Atul Bora tells Aasu   Soon after taking charge as the new Assam Accord Implementation minister, Atul Bora stepped into the office of the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) at Swahid Nyas Bhawan Uzanbazar   to meet the top office bearers of the student body, including … Read more

ASSAM     Assam: 95% private schools keep fees within govt-set limit for new session   Of the 1,700 schools that had applied to the fee regulatory committee of the state government since October last year seeking a certificate of exemption from fee-cuts by the panel for the session 2021-2022, about 95% schools gave affidavits … Read more