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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Team co-led by Indian scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of how malaria affects brain

Japanese Encephalitis toll in Assam rises to 97

10:17 pm July 18, 2019

Guwahati: The Japanese Encephalitis toll in Assam since the beginning of this month rose to 97, with three more deaths reported on Thursday, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said here. The number of JE-positive cases increased to 426 as 20 new ones were registered, the NHM bulletin said. On Thursday, one death each was […]

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EDMC kicks off month-long anti-dengue campaign

5 more patients die, Assam JE toll rises to 76

11:42 pm July 14, 2019

Guwahati: With the death of five more patients on Sunday, the toll in Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Assam rose to 76, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said. The registered positive JE cases across the state also increased to 348 from 334 on Friday. The five deaths were reported from Darrang, Nalbari, Tinsukia, Kamrup and […]

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