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Covid cases: Deaths in Assam touch record highs

11:41 pm May 17, 2021

Guwahati: Assam reported a record 92 deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, while the number of COVID-19 cases registered an all-time high of 6,394 persons, pushing the total number of infections to 3,35,023, the National Health Mission (NHM) said. With 26 persons in Kamrup Metropolitan, 11 in Kamrup, seven in Sonitpur, six in Darrang, five each in Cachar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, three each in Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari and Sivasagar, two […]

IIT-Kharagpur researchers turn Odisha steel plant dumpsites into greenbelt

7:53 pm February 22, 2021

New Delhi: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have transformed Odisha’s steel plants’ dumpsites into greenbelts using traditional Indian organic components and Japanese afforestation techniques. According to the team, a drive through the Dhenkanal region of Odisha will give one the chance to witness the vast stretches of green canopy and vegetation developed by them on what was once industrial dumpsites. The transformation to a […]

Odisha prepares for possible rain-triggered flash floods

Six killed as flood situation worsens in Assam

9:08 pm July 13, 2020

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam worsened drastically on Monday with six more persons losing their lives in rain-related incidents, even as the deluge affected nearly 22 lakh people across 27 districts, an official bulletin said. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person each died at […]

Flood waters continue to recede in Assam; one dead

Floods claim 7 more lives in Assam; 15 lakh people hit by deluge

11:40 pm July 1, 2020

Guwahati : Seven more people were killed in floods and related incidents across Assam, where around 15 lakh people have been affected by the deluge with embankments, roads, bridges, and many other infrastructure damaged at various places, a government report said on Wednesday. Thirty three people have lost their lives in the floods and 24 in […]

COVID-19 patient recovers in Assam, active cases at 42

11:27 pm May 15, 2020

Guwahati: A COVID-19 patient was discharged from the Silchar Medical College and Hospital in Assam after he was declared cured, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. The state has so far reported 86 cases and of them, 42 are active. While one person has migrated out of the state, two persons died. “Happy […]

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