May 2021

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

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

ASSAM   Assam: Keep bills moderate, IMA appeals to private hospitals   The Assam state branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has expressed deep concern at the reported instances of ‘inappropriate’ or ‘exorbitant’ billing by a few private health care establishments during the Covid crisis.   The medicos’ body is mulling over the idea … 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