All teachers and other official employees of educational institutions in Assam, from primary school to universities, will have to mandatorily attend their office from 1st September, Assam Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.
Assam government on Friday issued an order for 25 per cent fee cut at all private schools from May 2020 till the schools open. This will be applicable for classes from pre-school to Class XII.
At least 48 persons have lost their lives in Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and other such Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) out of 331 cases across Assam this year, the National Health Mission (NHM) said on Wednesday.
The guidelines will come into from 7 pm of July 19 and remain in force till 7 pm of August 2. According to the latest guidelines, all shops and business establishments are allowed to operate on one side of any street on any given day alternatively between Monday and Friday from 7 am to 5 pm.
Guwahati: An adult golden tigress that was recently spotted in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, made news headlines because of its colour.Experts and scientists have now come up with an explanation of the rare golden colour of the tigress. Golden colour is "primarily a singular case of colour aberration caused by a unique gene", experts said on Tuesday. The only such big cat in the Kaziranga National Park, first spotted in 2014 during an all India tiger monitoring exercise, has "lighter
The Assam government has decided to impose a "total lockdown" in Golaghat town from Thursday evening for eight days to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. The restrictions in Golaghat Municipal Board area will be in place from 7 pm on Thursday to prevent further spread of the virus.
The Jorhat district administration in Assam has decided to impose a week-long "total lockdown" across Jorhat city from July 9 to check the spread of coronavirus
The Raj Bhavan campus and its surrounding areas in Guwahati were sealed and declared a containment zone on Saturday after two persons of the Governor's Office tested COVID-19 positive, an official said.
Unabated rains have caused a flood-like situation in several districts of Assam. Rains have led to flooding in several low-lying areas. Brahmaputra river was flowing above its normal level while several other tributaries and stream were overflowing causing flood in catchment areas.
In light of the rising number of novel coronavirus cases, the Assam government on Tuesday announced total lockdown for 11 wards in state capital Guwahati. This lockdown will come into effect from 9 pm on June 23 onwards.
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the stone was detected during an ultrasonography conducted on him after he complained of extreme stomach pain.
Kamrup (Metropolitan) district in Assam has 26 active containment zones of total 46 such notified zones in the district as on Wednesday, June 10.
The number of COVID-19 cases is approaching the 2,000-mark in Assam with the addition of 158 fresh ones on Thursday, after the state recorded the highest single-day spurt of 269 cases the previous day.
Assam was the first state in India which directly ordered the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) kits from China and a private cargo flight from the port city of Guangzhou carrying the kits had landed at Guwahati airport on April 15 night.
Both the cases are from Morigaon district of the state and are secondary contacts of attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat event at the Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi.
Sarma said that Centre has provided with a list of 547 people to Assam government on Tuesday. Out 547, 134 were in the Nizamuddin area but not in Tablighi Jamaat. He added that 68 people had stayed back in Delhi and 4 of them tested positive in the National Capital itself.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday along with his entire cabinet received the report of the high-level committee formed to review and suggest measures for implementation of Clause six of 1985 Assam accord.
Announcing the decision, education minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said that it is not the government's job to teach religion, religious scriptures and Arabic and other languages for religious purposes.
Bhattacharjee is currently working on her campaign, #DignityInFloods, wherein she wants to bring more attention to WASH in emergencies. She is also paying special attention to MHM during annual floods in Assam.
Earlier in December 2017, Dihingia had accomplished a barefoot marathon, 200.2 km, in just 25 hours and 10 minutes.
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