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Nagaland DGP and Assam ADG among Prez medal winners
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
Covid-19 shadow over higher study plan of Assam students
The Covid-19 crisis may ruin the dreams of many young students of Assam aspiring to pursue higher studies in Delhi and Bengaluru — two most preferred destinations — after 10+2.from
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Assam: Tea union worries about 32,000 workers
The Asom Chah Mazdoor Sangha on Wednesday expressed apprehension regarding the fate of 32,000 workers employed in 14 tea gardens of Assam Company India Limited (ACIL) owned by UAE-based billionaire BR Shetty, following media reports about him being investigated by international agencies over alleged fraud.
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‘E-learning helping Seba students’
Students of classes IX and X are “hugely benefiting” from the e-learning initiative of Board of Secondary Education Assam (Seba), the board’s executive council member Apurba Dutta said on Wednesday.
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Assam curbs on expenditure after sharp dip in revenue
The Assam government on Wednesday announced several austerity measures for the first quarter of the financial year following a sharp dip in its revenue collection in April due to the lockdown. However, there will be no cut in April salary of its nearly four lakh employees.from
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Vaccination drives will resume in Assam soon: Unicef
With World Immunization Week on, Unicef hopes vaccination drives will resume in Assam soon as the state has very few “Red” or “Containment” zones.from
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Assam fears ‘second Covid-19 wave’ as lakhs set to return home
Assam health experts are wary of a “second wave” of Covid-19 as several lakh citizens of the state are now set to return home after the MHA on Wednesday allowed interstate travel by buses for those found asymptomatic during the screening process before leaving.from
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Mizoram boy, two Tamil Nadu drivers receive heroes' welcome in Aizawl for bringing back friend's body from Chennai
Rafael AVL Malchhanhima was accorded a hero's welcome in Aizawl on Tuesday for accompanying the body of his friend all the way from Chennai in Tamil Nadu.from
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Home at heart, Mizoram man travels 3,000km with friend's body
Home is where the heart is, in life and in death, too. The 23-year-old Raphael AVL Malchhanhima was a distraught man when his friend Vivian Lalremsanga died of suspected heart attack on April 23 in Chennai.
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Need to harness skills of 10 lakh youths returning to Assam: CM Sarbananda Sonowal
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday that the nearly 10 lakh skilled youths returning to the state from various parts of the country in view of the Covid-19 crisis should be considered not a burden but strong manpower assets that can be utilized.from
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16-year-old girl among two new positive cases in Assam
Two persons in quarantine, which includes a16-year-old girl, tested positive for Covid-19 in Assam on Tuesday after being infected through secondary transmission from contacts with Nizamuddin-linked positive persons. The state’s positive cases have now climbed to 37 among which there are nine active cases.from
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Gauhati University reschedules calendar, UG admissions by July 15
Even as uncertainty looms large over the re-opening of educational institutions amid the persisting threat of Covid-19, the Gauhati University (GU) on Tuesday announced that admissions to degree courses at the undergraduate (UG) level would be completed by July 15. However, the university said this is subject to the declaration of Class XII results.from
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Ham radio brings food and hope for 20 Assam boys stranded in West Bengal
Twenty boys from various districts of Assam, who are stranded in a red zone in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, are waiting for the state government to facilitate their journey back home. The boys had run out of food stock and amateur ham radio operators on Monday had come to their assistance.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Kin of pro-talks Ulfa cadre supply masks to Army in Assam district
The crisis arising out of the coronavirus crisis has brought the families of pro-talks Ulfa militants closer to the Army in Assam’s Darrang district which was once a stronghold of the outfit.from
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Treat 10 lakh skilled youths returning home as manpower assets, not burden: Assam CM tells economists
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal strongly advocated to treat the nearly 10 lakh skilled youths returning to state from various parts of the country in view of Covid-19 pandemic as manpower assets instead of burden.from
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Assam pigs dying from suspected African Swine Fever, likely from China: Veterinary minister
Assam agriculture and veterinary minister Atul Bora said on Tuesday that the mysterious deaths of over 2,000 pigs in six districts of the state is suspected to be due to the highly contagious African Swine Fever (ASF), which might have travelled from Tibet in China through Arunachal Pradesh.from
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Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi takes charge of BTC
Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi assumed the administration of the Bodo 6th Schedule autonomous area after the term of the present Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) expired on Monday as election to the council scheduled on April 4 had to be deferred due to the Covid-19 pandemic.from
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Standalone shops in green, orange zone districts of rural Assam to reopen today
The Assam cabinet on Monday approved opening of standalone shops in rural areas of‘green and orange zone districts from Tuesday but there will be no relaxation in the districts designated as red zones. The cabinet will take a call on the opening of shops in urban areas on May 3.from
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Assam allows two-way inter-district travel for three days from April 28
The Assam government on Sunday gave its nod to two-way intra-district movement to over 28,000 people for three days from April 28 to help them pick up their stranded family members and return home. However, these people will have to use their own vehicles.from
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‘Assam govt ignoring opposition advice on fighting coronavirus’
Opposition parties in Assam said on Sunday that the suggestions they had given to the government during an all-party meeting on April 12 to provide relief to the common people amid the Covid-19 crisis have not been implemented.from
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Bangladeshi man swims into India, caught
BSF personnel caught a Bangladeshi national, who claimed that he was suffering from Covid-19, after he swam across the Kushiyara to reach the Indian side of the border in Karimganj town on Sunday.from
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How Assam stopped coronavirus at stage 1 in quarantine centers
While India is reportedly between stages 2 and 3 of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Assam has managed to limit it to stage 1, thereby shielding the rest of the northeast.from
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Sunday, April 26, 2020
Assam Covid-19 recovery rate 77%, but first patient still positive
Assam doctors cured and discharged eight more Covid-19 patients from hospitals on Sunday, taking the state’s recovery rate over 75% against 21.09% for the country, but the state’s first positive person has not reversed yet.from
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Assam: Class XII classes now on YouTube
The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) has started online classes for Class XII students through YouTube, as uncertainly over restarting of the educational institutions continues.from
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Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal lauds cops for ‘outstanding work’
Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday evening reviewed the measures taken by Guwahati Police at the police reserve in their fight against Covid-19. He also appreciated the steps taken by the city police to distribute food to 5000 people daily in Guwahati with the help of NGOs.from
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NFR speeds up track maintenance work
With passenger trains off the tracks owing to the nationwide lockdown, the Northeast Frontier Railway saw this time as an opportunity to speed up maintenance work.
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Virtual tour of lesser-known Assam, Meghalaya villages
The Union ministry of tourism on Saturday showcased Assam and Meghalaya in a virtual tour through a webinar, which was attended by 3,654 domestic and foreign participants from Afghanistan, Canada, France, Germany, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States of America.from
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Possibility of lifting lockdown, opening inter-state borders after May 3: Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said there is a possibility of lifting the lockdown and opening inter-state borders after May 3 as temporary quarantine facilities are being built on a war footing in two districts bordering West Bengal to house 4,000 people returning home.from
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
Mystery virus kills over 1,900 pigs in Assam
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic that has kept the country in lockdown, a mysterious virus has killed over 1,900 pigs in six of its districts over the past few days, prompting the state government to impose a ban on sale of swines and consumption of their meat. The affected areas have been declared as containment zones to check the spread of the virus.from
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Assam to decide on relaxation for shops on Monday
Assam government on Saturday clarified that there is no relaxation on opening of all shops outside limits of municipal corporations amid the confusion over an MHA notification issued on Friday and the lockdown restrictions as spelt out in the MHA guidelines issued on April 15 will continue.from
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Amid lockdown, Northeast sends fruits to Bangladesh ahead of Ramzan
Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, Bangladesh received its first consignment of fruits and other horticulture products from the northeast ahead of Ramzan that is scheduled to start from Saturday.from
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CM takes stock of Covid-19 safety measures in Dibrugarh tea garden
Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday visited the Bokpara Tea Estate in Dibrugarh to take stock of the safety measures undertaken by the garden workers in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.from
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Sonitpur cop suspended for uploading video of police action
An Assam Police sub-inspector has been suspended for uploading videos on social media showing police action against people breaking lockdown rules. The incident took place in northern Assam’s Sonitpur district on Friday.from
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Friday, April 24, 2020
5 Ulfa-I rebels held in Charaideo, hours before CM Sarbananda Sonowal’s visit
Five United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) militants were ar-rested in a joint operation by police and the Army at Sapekhati in Upper Asssam’s Charaideo district, about 3 km from the Assam-Nagaland border in the early hours on Thursday. A huge cache of arms and ammunitions were also found in the area following the arrest.from
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5 pupils at a time: Teachers conduct classes in groups
Teachers in several districts of Assam have co-me to the rescue of a vast ma-jority of students, who have not been able to log into online classes.from
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Assam resumes rapid testing with trial run on 100 residents
After nod from ICMR to carry out rapid antibo-dy testing of Covid-19 with the Chinese kit for surveillance purpose only, Assam on Thurs-day started a trial run on 100 re-sidents of an apartment in the city, which has been declared a containment zone.from
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First coronavirus case in Assam after 7 days as Dhubri man tests positive
Assam on Thursday reported its 35th Covid-19 case for the first time since April 16 after a 62-year-old from Bilasipara in Dhubri district tested positive for the virus.from
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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Assam starts rapid antibody test for Covid-19 in Guwahati apartment in containment zone
After nod from ICMR to carry out rapid antibody testing of Covid-19 with the Chinese kit for surveillance purpose only, Assam on Thursday started a trial run on 100 residents of an apartment in the city, which has been declared a containment zone.from
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Fresh Covid-19 case reported in Assam, count rises to 35
A fresh novel coronavirus case was reported in Assam's Dhubri district on Thursday, taking the total virus count in the state to 35, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.from
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One more Covid-19 case in Assam, state tally reaches 35
Dhubri (Assam) [India], April 23 (ANI) A resident of Bilasipara, Dhubri has tested positive for COVID-19, said Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday.from
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Covid-19: Assam CM orders strict screening of truck drivers entering state
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday directed the concerned officials in Kokrajhar and Dhubri to strictly screen the truck drivers and their associates entering the region, at Boxirhat and Srirampur gates, for coronavirus symptoms.from
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Students can return from Kota on their own, says Himanta
About 170 students from the state studying at Kota in Rajasthan, can return home if they want to, but they will have to come back on their own, the state government has said. Further, on their return, the students will be required to complete a 14-day quarantine.from
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Dibrugarh tea garden workers receive masks
With most of the 800-odd tea gardens in the state having resumed work with 50% workforce, the authorities are not taking any chances as far as the health of the workers are concerned amid the Covid-19 threat.from
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