Assam boy selected for International Tinkle Award
Barnadhya Hazarika, a 7th standard student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Guwahati has been selected for the Tinkle Online Editor’s Choice Awards’. He is placed in 1st position for his write up, namely, ‘The Beauty of Nature’, which is declared in the July (2009) edition of ‘Tinkle’, an international monthly for children, published by the ‘Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd.’, Mumbai.
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Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati will starts weekly environmental programme from June 5 to mark the World Environment Day. The duration of the programme will be half an hour. Dr. Krishna Gopal Bhattacharjya, Professor of Chemistry Department of Gauhati University, Dr. Hari Prasad Sarma, Readar of Environmental Science Department of Gauhati University, Jaideep Barua, Head of Environment Department, Assam Science Technology...
After successful production of Assamese film,namely, 'Jibon Bator Logori', Hills Motion Picture Association stared its second Assamese Film, namely, ' Pole Pole Ure Mon' ( Wings of Ecstasy) from 30rd April last at the campus of Aauni Atiyo Satra, North Guwahati. In this connection, a meeting was organised , where several artists, technicians and public participated. Noted actors , namely, Nipon Goswami and Dinesh Das, Classical Dancer Ram Krishna Talukder and Journalist Rezek Ali Ahmed were present in the meeting as guest of honour, where Timothy Das Hanse, Director of this new film spoke details of the project. In inaugural ceremony of the shooting schedule , noted actors, namely, Moloya...
A free Health Camp with Hyper Tension and Diabetes Detection will be organized by Sanjevani Hospital in association with Pandu Bihu Sanmiloni, at Railway Stadium Bihutoli, Maligaon, Guwahati on April 14 from 09:00 am – 02:00 pm. All concerned are requested to avail the offer.
Sanjevani Hospital, Maligaon, Guwahati is organizing a Free Diabetic & Blood Pressure Detection Camp, to celebrate the occassion of world health day on April 7, for the police personals of Bharalumukh and Jalukbari Police Station.
Children enjoying Saturn viewing programme at Guwahati Planeterium. It may be mentioned that , Saturn is positioning nearest to the Earth during this month.
A student of design, Indrani Medhi of Assam, India has developed a design process to expand the impact of technology to those who can't read. She has developed text-free user interfaces (UIs). These are design guidelines that would allow any first-time illiterate person, on first contact with a computer, to immediately realize useful interaction with minimal or no assistance. "Through an ethnographic design process involving more than 400 subjects from low-income, low- literate communities across India, the Philippines, and South Africa, I discovered that there were a number of usability challenges which people experienced while interacting with traditional textbased UIs, on both mobile...
The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world's hottest chili. After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhot jolokia" to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects.
The bhot jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India's northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.
It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000."The chili...
Three farmers and one farmers’ organization of Assam has felicitated by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of India on 26th February last at Vigyan Bhaban, New Delhi for their excellent contribution towards agriculture, informs Mowsam Hazarika, ADO((information), Directorate of Horticulture & Food Processing, Assam. The name of the farmers’ are- Abdul Halim, Goalpara; Montaz Ali, Bongaigaon and Mohammed Abdul Khalek, Nagaon. The name of the farmers’ organization is ‘Mainao Agro Multipurpose Self Help Group, Kokrajhar’.
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For the first time in the new district of Baska, an interactive workshop was organised under Horticulture Technology Mission on last 22nd September. Amidst profuse enthusiasm, about 200 farmers participated in a brain storming session exclusively designed to project the horticultural potential of the district : Ginger, Turmeric, Black Pepper and more particularly Bhut Jolokia - were the largest crops in the interaction. According to the Guinness World Records, 'the hottest of all spices is believed to be the chili pepper Bhut Jolokia, beloning to the Capsicum chinense which was measured at 1,001, 304 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), at the New Mexico, USA, on 9 September, 2006'. Opening the...
The Assam government Wednesday appointed 768 doctors in a recruitment drive that is expected to revolutionize the region's rural healthcare sector.
The recruitment campaign has a catch though, as the appointments were made for a one-year period as part of the government legislation that makes it mandatory for all MBBS graduates to serve for a minimum of one year in rural health centres.
'Assam has become the first state in the country to have carried out such a historic recruitment drive by appointing 768 doctors for rural postings in one single day,' Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told on 16th September,09.
The young doctors would be getting a monthly fixed salary of Rs.25,...
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