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It was a pleasure attending the function, especially because it brought us closer to our place "Assam". I had a wonderful time and really thank the people who organized it.
26 Apr 2016 - 9:48pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
The All Bodo Students Union hails the Pune's Sarhad institute for taking up student's welfare activities means educational uplift for poor background students on free of cost. Altogether 18...
21 May 2011 - 12:31pm | Jayanta Kumar Das
The newly built computer building of Vocational Training Centre (VTC),Kalaigaon has been inaugurated at Kalaigaon on May 19.Major Arvind Kumar of 2 Field Regiment under Red Horns Division formally...
13 Jun 2014 - 5:52pm | Nava Thakuria
Veteran actor-director Abdul Majid will attend the Guest of the Month program of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on June 16 (Monday). The interactive session with the journalists will start at 3 pm. Majid...
31 Aug 2016 - 6:42pm | Drishana Kalita
The Golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) has now been listed in the World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates! It has been placed in this list due to extensive habitat fragmentation, habitat destruction and...
A central team is all set to visit Majuli next week to review the steps to check erosion in Majuli.According to information, Union water resources minister Saifuddin Soz and culture minister Ambika Soni will be there in the high level team.The the ministers and the senior officials of various departments, including the Central Water Commission, will be talking to with state government officials during the three- day visit.Notably, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh recently expressed concern over the erosion of the island by the Brahmaputra.He instructed the authorities to prepare an action plan and to implement on priority basis.Dr Singh further seeks a quarterly compliance report on the...
The Assam Cricket Association has announced the 15-member squad for forthcoming Ranji Trophy tournament which would get under way from November 3 & will play the 1st match against Gujarat to be held at Ahmedabad.After a few cricketers of the State having joined the ICL, ACA forced to rope in a few young players into the state team.The team would leave for Gujarat on November 1.The team : S Sarath(captain), Nishant Bordoloi, (vice captain), S Ramesh, S Suresh, Saurav Bhagawati, Souvik Das, Tajinder Singh, Palashjyoti Das, Deepak Sarmah, Arlen Konwar, Dhiraj Goswami, Krishna Das, Rajdeep Das, Bitop Mahanta and Mrigen Talukdar.COACH:Sanath Kumar & Team manager:Mukut Das KOUSHIK HAZARIKA
With the advent of the autumn season, the famous migratory birds, the pelicans, have started coming to the Kaziranga National Park, adding to its picturesque beauty.To the surprise of many, pelicans have made a new colony on the banks of Koladuar beel in Agartoli range of the KNP. The birds had made a home out of KNP in previous two years. In winter season, pelican birds give birth to their offsprings and gradually, after their grooming is over, they fly away from the KNP after 2/3 monthPelicans have been building nests in Koladuar beel since 2002 and it is now becoming a permanent colony for the pelicans. Forest department sources said the number of pelicans have been increasing enormously...
Just a month before December 2007 UN Conference on Climate Change opens in Bali, Yifat Susskind has linked research on agrofuels to his suggestion, demonstrating the serious dangers associated with agrofuel production. Yet, Jean Ziegler, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, recently proposed that we impose a moratorium on the development of agrofuels, an idea that has generated controversy in some circles.With biofuels being touted as our best great hope to undo climate change, it would be easy to ask yourself, "What's not to like?" Biofuels, proponents claim, will counter our global dependence on fossil fuels and help curb carbon emissions. But this "greening...
The Early Birds, an organization for animal care recently conducted a free veterinary vaccination cum treatment camp around the Pobitora Wild Life sanctuary on 27th and 28th Oct'07. Altogether 487 cattle were covered in the villages of Kholabhuyan, a fringe area. Medicines worth Rs five thousand were also freely distributed. Three veterinary final year students Sri Rupam Bhattacharya, Sri Anil Deka and Joy Prakash Sharma took part while two life members Sri Mukul Talukdar and Sri Pulakesh talukdar coordinated and liaised with the forest department. Early Birds eco-club members from Mayong also assisted the team. The D.F.O (WL) and the R.F.O , Pabitora offered field support . These...
The department DSIR, Ministry of S&T, GOI start initiative to dissemination of information to maximum beneficiaries of the Technology Information and other Scientific programme. Guwahati University, Department of information and Library Science is our partner in this process. The Sensitization-cum-Awareness Programme for TIFP on 2nd November at Guwahati University.Prof. Narender Lahkar, HOD,LIS is the co-ordinator of the SAP at Guwahati ( 0361-2571954).
One of the easiest ways to significantly bring down number of children and youth who get initiated to tobacco use in Thailand, without any budgetary allocation for this public health exercise, is to remove depiction of tobacco use in films and TV, said International Awardee (2005) of World Health Organization (WHO) – Professor (Dr) Rama Kant, who is visiting Thailand to deliver keynote guest lecture at McCormick Hospital in Chiang Mai.He pointed out freely available video CDs of movies in white and grey market in Thailand, which anyone can go and buy. Moreover with satellite television channels, it is becoming further tough to control tobacco promotion and promote health policies by...
Upcoming cricketer Swarupam Purakayastha will lead the State U-19 team in the forthcoming East Zone Cricket Tournament. The tournament will begin in Kolkata from October 23.The Assam Cricket Association has announced 15 members team which will be coached by Abhijit Chatterjee.The squad: Swarupam Purakayastha (capt), Siv Shankar Roy, Rajdeep Das, Krishanu Mazumder, Amit Sinha, Krishna Das, Sakti Loshar, Prasanta Sonowal, Sanjeeb Dutta, Nayanjyoti Das, Biki Bharali, Vikram Chetry, Roshan Basfor, Mridul Dutta, Danish Shyamal. Coach-Abhijit Chatterjee.The schedule: October 23: Assam vs Tripura, October 25: Assam vs Jharkhand, October 27: Assam vs Orissa, October 29: Assam vs Sikkim and October...
The proposed export of High Speed Diesel (HSD) to Bangaldesh from India has hit a speed breaker before smooth run.. Thought the deal was struck in May last between Bharat Petroleum (BP) and Bangladesh Petro Chemical Limited (BPCL) for export of 1,20,000 MMT HSD per year to Bangladesh, yet the Union Ministry of Defence and Ministry of ShippingIndia yet to give the nod. The HSD is to be exported via sea-route. The Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has also come under scanner. However, NRL sources refuted apprehension of it getting stalled.The complexities in the process, sources said, are a part of it and there is also a provision in the contract of further extending the time.KOUSH!K...
Hectic preparations are going on to organise a national seminar at Dergaon Kamal Dowerah College on the topic 'Best Practices in higher education institutions of North-East India on November 19 and 20.The seminar, sponsored by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), will be held on four sub-themes.The sub-themes of the topic will be identification of 'Best Practices', adaptation of 'Best Practices' and sustenance of 'Best Practices'.KOUSHIK HAZARIKA
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