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Possibly the largest troop of the vulnerable Rhesus Monkey species, the wild stump-tailed Macaca arctoides, has been spotted at the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in Jorhat, Assam, said a study conducted by 13 researchers, published in a science journal on Friday. The study team found a total of 194 individuals in the 20.98 sqkm sanctuary.
The government on Wednesday made Covid-19 tests mandatory for people entering the state, but Assam remains vulnerable as two points along the border with West Bengal, Srirampur and Chagolia-Boxirhat motor vehicles check gates are open for the entry of truck drivers and their associates without any compulsory Covid-19 screening.
Police arrested two persons for allegedly murdering and setting a minor Karbi girl ablaze in Raha town of Nagaon in Assam.
A sharp rise in Covid-19 positive cases in Assam, just a week ahead of counting day on May 2 for the recently concluded state assembly election, has posed a huge challenge for the state election commission.
Doctors in Guwahati have suggested different home remedies to fight Covid-19, which is causing anxiety and depression among people.
The northeast’s biggest quarantine centre, which was set up on the premises of an athletic stadium here one year back when the first wave of Covid-19 hit the state and dismantled seven months later after improvement in the situation, has been re-built to serve as a Covid care centre in the ongoing second wave.