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Assam exceeds enhanced vaccination target on opening day

11:59 pm June 21, 2021

Guwahati: Assam crossed its target of vaccinating three lakh people daily by reaching out to 3,19,340 eligible beneficiaries above the age of 18 on the first day of the enhanced ‘Free Vaccination For All Campaign’ on Monday. The number of inoculated people was likely to go up further as the campaign continued till 8 p.m, […]

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 […]

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 […]