Dr. Himanta rushes to Barpeta on crucial Fire-Fighting, Peace Mission
Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma rushed to the Barpeta on Thursday evening, immediately after reaching Guwahati from New Delhi. The southern district of ASSAM, Barpeta, plunged into a state of crisis and high tension after police resorted to firing, which killed four and wounded scores Wednesday. This follows highly charged protests and stone pelting by All Assam Minority Students Union (AMSU) around the DC’s Office Wednesday. AMSU was protesting for cancellation of the Pilot Project of the ongoing updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) citing anomalies.
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A two day long National Symposium on Biodiversity of Assam : Status, Development and Conservation has been organised by the Assam Science Society on 4-5 December, 2010 at Assam Science Society Bhaban, Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity. Professor A C Bhagabati , Former Vic-Chancellor, R. G. University, Arunachal Pradesh and Dr. S. K. Choudhury, Director, Assam Science ,Technology and Environment Council will grace the occasion as Chief Guest and Guest of Honour respectively.
Like earlier occasions, the 56th Annual Technical Session of the Assam Science Society will be held with day-long programme in Dibrugarh sometime in mid-February, 2011. This Session is organized every year to provide a platform to present and discuss the research findings of both senior and junior researchers working in different fields of science and technology in the country in general and north-east region in particular. In connection with this, the Society invites abstract of research paper in the fields of mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, medical, agricultural...
The tradition, diversity, potentiality and high demand of horticultural produces of Assam has able to draw tremendous interests of investors, traders and general visitors in the Horticultural Stall of Directorate of Horticulture...
A two days long Science Festival and Science Exhibition, organised by the Nagarbera Branch of Assam Science Society and Arjyabhatta Bigyan Kendra on November 3-4 held at Narabera Higher Secondary School campus, with a grand success. In the interaction session, Dr. Dilip Kumar Sarma, College of Veterinary Science, Guwahati; Mowsam Hazarika, Editor, Bijnan Jeuti and Dr. Madhurjya Prasad Bora, Gauhati University has participated. Several programmes like Science Exhibition, Tree Plantation, Science Modal Compettition, Scientific Speach Compettion held to mark the occasion.
The students of Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School (MVMSSS), Silpukhuri, Guwahati shines in the Maharishi National Cultural Celebration, 2010 held at Hyderabad from October 22-24.
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“There are a few drawbacks including decrease of agricultural area that we need to work on by effectively implementing our plans and the department will leave no stone unturned to improve further,” she said.
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Assam Science Technology and Environment Council, with support from the Department of Science...
Nearly 400 village women on 11.9.2010 took part in the community prayers within the campus of the Bandiya LP School , Bandiya village, a few kilometres from Mangaldai town of Assam, have set a rare example of community prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. This rare tradition of the little known village has reportedly been going on for a decade. Their male counterparts prayed at the Bandiya Eidgah Maidan in the east.
Special significance is attached to community prayers on the occasion of Eid in the Islam religion but the participation of women in such community prayers is restricted. Traditionally, women belonging to the religion offer namaz on Eid in their households....
Participants of a recent Assam Science Society (ASS) interactive meet, held on 21.08.2010 at the North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat called for steps to engage Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Dibrugarh and the North East Space Application Centre (NESAC), Umium for making predictions on the possible sites of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) outbreak in upper Assam districts.
The participants of the session also suggested that vaccination programmes to prevent outbreak of the disease should be made universal in the vulnerable areas.
Dr. Bimal Kar, General Secretary of ASS said in a statement that both the RMRC and the NESAC have been conducting such studies, using...
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