Guwahati

40-year-old man dies at quarantine centre in Manipur

11:20 pm July 14, 2020

Imphal: A 40-year-old man died at a quarantine centre in Manipur‘s Bishnupur district hours after he arrived from Guwahati, officials said on Tuesday. The man, who was living in Guwahati for the last seven years, had multiple ailments, they said. He died around 11 pm on Monday due to multiple organ failure at the quarantine […]

2-day total lockdown in Shillong from Monday

8:46 pm July 11, 2020

Shillong: The Meghalaya government on Saturday announced a two-day total lockdown in capital Shillong from Monday after the state reported the highest single-day spike of 97 COVID-19 cases. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said that the decision was taken to contain the spread of COVID-19, besides ensuring behavioural changes among citizens to follow coronavirus-related guidelines. “The government has decided to observe […]

Guwahati landslide kills one; people asked to shift to safer places

11:57 pm June 28, 2020

Guwahati: A woman student was killed in a landslide near Raj Bhawan here on Sunday, prompting the administration to ask people living in vulnerable areas to move to safer places, officials said. The administration also closed down a hospital temporarily near Raj Bhawan, a guard wall of which has become vulnerable due to gradual sliding […]

Two firefighters die in gas well blowout blaze in Assam

Massive fire at Assam’s Baghjan oil well

7:15 pm June 9, 2020

Guwahati: A massive fire engulfed the damaged Baghjan oil well on Tuesday which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 14 days in Assam’s Tinsukia district, official sources said. The blaze at the Oil India Ltd’s oil well is so massive that it can be seen from a distance of more than two kilometres, […]

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IIT Guwahati discovers ways to prevent memory loss due to Alzheimers

11:04 am May 22, 2020

New Delhi/Guwahati: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have worked on out-of-the-box ideas that can help prevent or reduce short-term memory losses associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The research team was headed by Prof. Vibin Ramakrishnan, Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, and Prof. Harshal Nemade, Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical […]