May 2021

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 Delayed hospitalisation linked to high death toll in Assam   Delayed hospitalization of Covid patients from some of the designated government Covid Care Centres (CCCs) is among the reasons for the high death toll of 70-80 people succumbing to the virus or Covid-related complications every day in Assam.   This despite the Covid situation improving in the … Read more

ASSAM Whistling village pins hope on Unesco tag   Each person in the village of Kongthong, 65 km from Shillong in Meghalaya, has two names — one in words, the other as a whistled tune. For centuries, the village has nurtured the whistling code, Jingrwai Iawbei. Now, down to the last 700, the community is pinning its hopes on a long-promised Unesco heritage … Read more

ASSAM   Assam: AIUDF hopes for the state’s devpt under new ministry   The opposition AIUDF congratulated new chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and hoped that the new ministry under Sarma’s leadership will work for the development of the state and its people irrespective of region, caste and creed. The party sought faster rollout of … 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 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 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   Assamese short film ‘Xogun’ finds space at New York festival   Assamese short film ‘Xogun’ (Vulture), adapted from the much-acclaimed short story bearing the same name by noted writer-journalist Manoj Kumar Goswami and scripted and directed by national award winner Utpal Borpujari, has been selected for the 21st New York Indian Film Festival … Read more

ASSAM The Assam government announced free power supply to  new oxygen plants The Assam government  announced free power supply to encourage setting up of new oxygen plants as well as revival of the closed ones to avert any shortage of the live-saving gas amid the coronavirus pandemic. Industry sources said the decisions will not only help … Read more

ASSAM   Assam to give free food, water to Covid patients in government hospitals   The Assam government has decided to re-introduce free food and drinking water for Covid patients at government hospitals and Covid care centres.   Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said committees are also being set up with members of civil society … Read more