May 2021

ASSAM   Assam: Tea industry likely to suffer 10-15% crop loss due to weather   The tea industry in Assam is apprehensive of losing 10-15% of the crop during March and April due to drought-like situation and hailstorms.   In January and February this year, Assam harvested only 0.23 million kg compared to 0.27 million … 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 declares black fungus as notifiable disease   The Assam government has declared ‘black fungus’ as a notifiable disease, making it mandatory for all health facilities to report such cases to the health department through the district health authorities. Assam detected the first black fungus or mucormycosis infection in a Covid patient who died in a private hospital … 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   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   Book highlights legacy of Assamese polymath Sankaradeva A new book seeks to highlight the uniqueness of Assam’s medieval polymath Srimanta Sankaradeva’s multifaceted contributions in various fields and how he shaped the sociocultural fabric of the state.   These articles deal with the Vaishnavite saint’s contributions, which are quite relevant for knowing Assam’s remarkable … Read more

ASSAM   Assam board flip-flop questions future of Assamese study in schools The Board of Secondary Education, Assam’s (Seba) flip flop on making Assamese learning mandatory has raised questions on whether the Assamese language will continue to be taught in schools mushrooming in the state.   English is taking over as the medium of instruction … 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

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   Assam govt announces free power for all new oxygen plants   The Assam government said it will provide free power to all the new oxygen plants that are coming up in the state.   In a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, a number of decisions were taken in view … Read more