Leopard shot dead as villagers rush out defying lockdown

Forest officials shot dead a leopard in Assam's Jorhat district on Monday evening after more that 7000 panic-stricken villagers came out of their homes, defying the lockdown.

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IIT-Guwahati develops PCR testing machine to detect Covid-19

IIT-Guwahati (IIT-G) faculty members have developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing machine, which can be used for detecting coronavirus and other complicated viral diseases.

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Assam doctor on hydroxylchloroquine dies of heart attack

Utpaljit Barman (44), who was heading the anaesthetic team at Pratiksha Hospital, has divulged a shocking truth about the anti-malarial drug, which is also commonly used for treating rheumatoid arthritis.

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Assam in search of 299 people from state who attended Tablighi Jamaat

Assam has issued a high alert across all districts to locate the 299 persons of the state who had gone to Nizamuddin Dargah.

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Assam issues passes to people feeding stray animals

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Assam: ASDMA issues coronavirus prevention advisory to apartment societies for visitor's protocol

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Assam: Scientists begin work to plug gaps in Covid-19 testing

In a major technological breakthrough research by Indian scientists, a research team comprising of experts from the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong and Adamas University, Kolkata has expedited works to plug gaps in Covid-19 testing by developing 'less-harmful' and 'cost-effective' Terahertz radiation (T-Ray) Thermography device.

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Assam government to provide relief materials to daily wage earners

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Assam closes markets after mad rush to buy essentials

The Assam government on Friday closed all markets, including fish and meat shops, for an indefinite period after citizens across the state came out in large numbers across the state in the morning to buy essentials, violating social distancing guidelines set for the 21-day lockdown.

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Tea workers follow social distancing rule on pay day

As tea plantation workers in upper Assam on Friday came to collect their weekly wages for the first time since the nationwide lockdown was imposed, they meticulously followed the social distancing rule, patiently waiting in a queue and standing 5 metre apart from each other.

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Assam: People out to get groceries maintain distance in Silchar

Silchar and other parts of Barak Valley remained peaceful on the third day of the nationwide lockdown, even as people stepped out to buy groceries in the morning. However, unlike in the previous days, on Friday they were seen maintaining a social distance.

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Will ensure doorstep delivery of essential goods, says Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said his government has taken all necessary steps to ensure doorstep delivery of essential commodities to everyone in the state.

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Coronvirus lockdown: Lawmakers, entrepreneurs donate money in Mizoram

From contributing to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to helping people tide over the crisis during the lockdown, lawmakers, community leaders and well-to-do families in Mizoram are joining hands to fight the coronavirus.

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Closed liquor units to make sanitizers to overcome shortage

Liquor manufacturing units, which were closed over the nationwide lock-down, have found an ingenious way to address t shortage of alcohol-based hand sanitizers. The units will be producing over 5 lakh litres of sanitizers for the health department.

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Assam: MBBS & nursing students to be pressed into service

In the next seven days, Assam will ready 1,000 final-year MBBS, BDS and ayurvedic students and 1,500 final-year students of nursing to join its existing frontline healthcare workforce in its fight against stopping Covid-19 outbreak in the state.

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Assam readies three medical colleges, 5,000 beds in Covid-19 fight

The Assam government will convert three government medical colleges with 5,000 beds to exclusively deal with Covid-19 patients, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, as the state continued efforts to boost preparedness to fight the novel coronavirus.

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Assam cops fire shots after attack by mob during lockdown

Police fired in the air at a market in Assma's Bongaigaon district on Saturday after people pelted stones at them while they were enforcing the lockdown.

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MPs, employees, teachers, public to fund Assam's pre-fabricated coronavirus hospitals

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Assam government to convert 3 government medical colleges to coronavirus exclusive hospitals

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Vegetables to be sold only at seven points in Guwahati

The purpose of the 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 seems to have got defeated by citizens who are showing no signs of social distancing at vegetable markets.

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Coronavirus lockdown: Guwahati market on Day 3

The nation-wide lockdown came crashing down in Guwahati on Friday morning as hundreds of people converged at a massive temporary vegetable market opened by the civil administration at a vacant area inside a dismantled jail complex.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Assam's massive quarantine tent to house 1,000 people

About 700 pilgrims of Assam, comprising men, women and children, who are stuck on the inter-state border with West Bengal will not be sent to their homes, but will be quarantined by the government inside a massive tent being constructed by the state government in the premises of an athletic stadium in Guwahati and another two sites with capacity to hold 2,000 people are in pipeline.

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Grocery shop hours limited in many districts

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Netherlands-returned Mizoram pastor second from NE to test +ve

A 50-year-old pastor from Mizoram, who returned from the Netherlands on March 16, tested positive for Covid-19, state health minister R Lalthangliana said on Wednesday.This is the second such case in the northeast.

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Assam: Need more than 20k isolation beds, says health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam would need more than 20,000 isolation beds, including 1000 ICU beds, if the state is hit by a Covid-19 outbreak, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the assembly on Tuesday.

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Guwahati: Long queues as people rush to buy LPG cylinders

Defying instructions of pracitising social distancing, people turned out in large numbers to form long queues at gas filling stations of Guwahati on Tuesday. Prominent LPG stations were crowded from 7 am to 5pm with people carrying two to three empty cylinders.

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Assam: Hailakandi man held for not reporting his arrival from China

20-year-old man, who returned to Hailakandi from China and did not report his arrival at the nearest police station or health centre, has been apprehended and quarantined at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. Sources said the youth is a medical student at an institute in China and returned home following the coronavirus outbreak.

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Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal tells supply dept to ensure smooth flow of essentials

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the supply department to ensure smooth delivery of essential commodities during the lockdown period.

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Assam mulls financial help for needy

Assam government is contemplating financial assistance for over four and a half million needy families if the lockdown period is prolonged by 10 to 15 days beyond March 31, cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.

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Assam MLAs to donate one-month salary

All members of the Assam assembly on Tuesday unanimously announced that they would contribute their one-month salary to support the government in fighting the novel coronavirus crisis in the state.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Assam govt mulling financial aid to over 4.5 million needy families if lockdown period extends

The assam government is contemplating financial assistance to over 4.5 million needy families if the lockdown to prevent outbreak of coronavirus, which started from 6pm on Tuesday, needs to be prolonged beyond March 31 by at least 10 to 15 days.

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Coronavirus scare: Assam tea gardens to shut operations during state lockdown

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Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal asks DCs, SPs to enforce lockdown

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday through a video conference instructed all deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to enforce the lockdown declared by the government in their respective areas.

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Last three trains to arrive in Assam from other states today

Assam has stepped up surveillance as it waits the arrival of the last three trains on Tuesday carrying people from outside the state.

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'Pharmacies to remain open, medicine supplies will not be affected'

All medicine shops in Assam will remain open and there will be no disruption in the supply of medicines during the lockdown, the Chemists and Druggists Association of Assam (CDAA) said on Monday.

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Vegetable prices shoot through the roof in Guwahati

With the Assam government announcing lockdown from Tuesday evening to step up the fight against the coronavirus threat, the price of grocery items, vegetables and other essential items kept rising every passing hour on Monday. People queued up in huge numbers at local vegetable shops and grocery stores fearing that there would be scarcity of food and other essentials once the lockdown begins.

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Assam evacuates hospitals to make them solely Covid-19 treatment facility

Assam health department on Monday started evacuating two hospitals to convert them to exclusive Covid-19 facilities as the state put itself on the highest level of preparedness for the worst scenario of an outbreak of novel coronavirus. The state has so far not reported any novel coronavirus positive case.

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Public transport suspended in Assam till Tuesday to break transmission chain

All public transport services across Assam will remain suspended till Tuesday as major transport associations of the state have decided that their passenger and goods carrying vehicles, including shared taxis, will remain off the roads for the next two days amid the coronavirus scare. Essential services will, however, remain unaffected.

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'Janta curfew' brings life to a standstill across northeast

Busy roads and cities across the northeast wore a deserted look on Sunday as people stayed in responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a 'janata curfew' or self isolation to break the chain of Covid-19 infections.

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Coronavirus: Three northeast state govts order lockdowns

Three northeastern states, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram have become the first northeastern states to order lockdowns for their residents as the region continues to put up a brave front to shield itself from Covid-19.

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No cultural event in Bihu pandals this yr

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With markets & institutes closed, Meghalaya comes to standstill

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Four-year-old tested negative for Covid-19 in Assam

Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday informed that the 4-year-old child who was suspected of coronavirus has been tested negative.

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Assam: Sec 144 in Cachar, Hailakandi to prevent gatherings

Cachar and Hailakandi districts in Barak Valley have imposed Section 144 of the CrPC with immediate effect to prevent mass gatherings in view of the Covid-19 threat.

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NFR withdraws ticket concession for senior citizens

The Northeast Frontier Railway on Friday withdrew concessional booking of tickets for senior citizens until further notice to minimize travel-related risks for elderly citizens. The same has been done in other areas as well.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Assam teachers asked to take classes on WhatsApp

After shutting down all educational institutes to prevent spread of coronavirus, the Assam education department on Friday ordered use of WhatsApp to resume education activities remotely to prevent any possibility of dropout during the period of closure.

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Assam Agricultural University makes masks that can be reused

The department of textiles and apparel designing (TAD) of the College of Community Science (CCSc) at the Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, has taken up the responsibility of preparing face masks to tide over the crisis created by a sudden surge in demand for face masks in fear over the novel coronavirus.

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Coronavirus: Dibrugarh tests 35 samples, all turn out negative

A total of 11 individual tests and 24 community tests were carried out by IMRC-Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh, and all of them turned out to be negative, authorities said on Thursday.

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NFR cancels 16 pairs of trains till March 31

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) on Thursday cancelled 16 pairs of trains till March 31 in order to discourage people from undertaking non-essential travel.

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Coronavirus in Assam: Two Udalguri residents sent to isolation wards

Two youths from Assam's Udalguri district, who had recently come back home from their workplaces in Kerala and Karnataka, have been kept in isolation wards at Udalguri Civil Hospital after they developed symptoms similar to coronavirus.

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Coronavirus: Man fleeing Kerala quarantine traced to New Bongaigaon railway station

The Assam man who had fled from a quarantine facility in Kerala was tracked down and held at the New Bongaigaon railway station early on Thursday while he was returning home by train. 24-year-old Sariful Islam, a resident of Mikirgaon village of Lahorighat in Morigaon district, was immediately shifted to the isolation ward of the railway hospital there.

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Coronavirus scare: GoAir to continue operations in Mizoram, say officials

the launch of direct flights between Aizawl and Delhi.

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Assam man who fled Kerala quarantine facility caught from train; isolated

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Assam man who jumped Kerala quarantine held, isolated in New Bongaigaon station

The Assam man who jumped quarantine in Kerala and was travelling home by train was traced at Bongaigaon railway station in the state early Thursday morning and shifted to isolation ward of railway hospital there.

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Coronavirus: Assam, Bengal & Odisha men flee Kerala quarantine

"We were informed by Kerala Police today that three people fled a quarantine facility there.One of them happens to be from Lahorighat in Morigaon district," Morigaon SP Swapnaneel Deka told TOI on Wednesday.

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Panel set up to probe Manipur violence

The situation at Chassad village in Kamjong district headquarters has been brought under control with no reports of further incidents on Tuesday, even as the state government set up a committee to inquire into the chain of events leading to the outbreak of violence there on Monday.

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Coronavirus derails anti-CAA movement across Assam

With mass gatherings being discouraged, the coronavirus scare has put the brakes on the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) rallies in Assam.

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Coronavirus scare: Masks, sanitizers vanish from Guwahati stores, sell for a premium

Face masks are being sold at prices which are three times more than the MRP, such is the fear over the novel coronavirus. Several types of masks are doing the rounds and people are buying them at a premium without checking if they should wear the protective gear or not.

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Will talk in detail after taking RS oath, says Ranjan Gogoi

A day after President Ram Nath Kovind nominated him to the Rajya Sabha, former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said he has accepted it because he believes in the legislature and the judiciary working together for nation-building.

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Coronavirus in Assam: Schools open despite government order, campaign for BTC polls also on

A couple of schools were reported to be functioning on Monday despite the government advisory asking the authorities to keep their educational institutes closed till the end of the month to check the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Coronavirus scare: Meghalaya House cuts short budget session

The Meghalaya legislative assembly on Monday cut short its ongoing budget session which was slated to conclude on March 25.

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'Random screening for coronavirus at Assam airports from today'

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state government has decided to start random screening of domestic passengers at all airports from Tuesday to stop the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus.

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Railways face uphill task of screening passengers

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Covid-19 scare: Mobile theatre groups stare at uncertain future

With the Assam government shutting down educational institutions, theatres and some public places and mass gatherings being discouraged in view of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the mobile theatre industry in the state is staring at an uncertain future.

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