The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has approved exploratory oil and gas drilling within the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, with strict prohibitions against commercial drilling.
Dibrugarh, Jan 11: Ja 10 ong•kuenggipa bi•sa saksa Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) sabisiko man•aha aro uko Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH)-o admit ka•aha.
AMCH-ni Superintendent,...
The rescue operation at the Umrangso coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district recovered another body on Saturday morning, bringing the death toll to two.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that a joint rescue team, comprising the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Assam Rifles, is working tirelessly to dewater the flooded mine.
The meeting, part of a series held across Upper Assam districts, also focused on pressing healthcare challenges, particularly maternal and neonatal mortality rates (MMR and IMR), which remain disproportionately high in the region.
Assam Police have arrested Hanan Laskar, the manager of the rat-hole coal mine where a disaster struck on January 6 in Umrangso, Dima Hasao district. Laskar, employed by the mine owner, was responsible for overseeing miners' payments.
Retired headmistress from Pakharapara village in Boko, Mira Mahanta, said she was preparing to go to neighboring country Nepal for eye treatment but learned about the eye hospital in Boko and got her eyes checked here.
