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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
The total population of Assam in 2011 Census has been 31,169,272. Of them Scheduled Tribes (STs), constitutes 12.4 per cent of the total population of the state. There are total twenty three (23) notified STs in the state. Population: Size & Distribution Among STs, Boro represents nearly half of the total ST population of … 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
ASSAM An institution that’s given Assam 7 of its 15 CMs When Himanta Biswa Sarma is sworn-in as Assam’s 15th CM, he will be the seventh ex-student of northeast’s premier education institute, Cotton University (formerly Cotton College) to occupy the post of chief minister of the state. Assam’s first premier in pre-Independence period, Saiyid Muhammad Saadulla, also studied at … Read more
ASSAM Assam’s BJP government plans bill to protect cows While addressing the newly-elected 15th Assam legislative assembly, governor Jagdish Mukhi said the state government was planning to introduce a bill on cow protection in the next assembly session to ban cattle transport outside the state. Mukhi also underlined the BJP-led government’s commitment to recover the lands of … Read more
ASSAM Covid screening begins in 28,000 villages in Assam The Assam health department on Tuesday launched a drive to screen and test people in 28,000 villages across 33 districts for Covid-19 in a bid to isolate the maximum number of hidden positive cases. The Assam Community Surveillance Plan (ACSP), as the drive has been named, has been undertaken to … 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