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12 Sep

Assam govt to close around 300,000 petty crime cases

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The Assam government has decided to withdraw around three lakh petty crime cases to reduce the load on the judiciary, a minister said. Addressing a press conference after a Cabinet meeting, Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said lakhs of petty cases are pending across the state. "We have decided to withdraw around three lakh of the 4.19 lakh petty crime cases, invoking Section 321 of the CrPC. This will reduce the backlog of cases and decongest jails," he said. The government will soon issue instructions and detailed standard operating procedures to the public prosecutor for filing appropriate petitions on the next dates…

10 Sep

India records 5,554 new Covid cases

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India reported 5,554 new coronavirus infections taking the tally to 4,44,90,283 while active cases further declined to 48,850. The death toll rose to 5,28,139 with 18 new fatalities, including two deaths accounted for by Kerala. The National COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 98.70 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged on data to 4,39,13,294, while the case fatality has been recorded at a rate of 1.19 per cent. According to the report of the ministry, 214.77 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 inoculation drive.

10 Sep

Transportation of bovine animals banned

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Over 2,100 cattle across 10 districts of Madhya Pradesh have been found infected with the skin disease, prompting the administration to ban the movement of cattle in the affected parts of the state. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in a meeting held on Friday to review the situation arising out of the spread of the disease, directed officials that cattle brought to MP from other states should be banned and extra precautions should be taken. Areas surrounding disease-affected districts. Officials said the main symptoms of this contagious viral disease affecting cattle are fever, nasal and lacrimal discharge, eye ulcers, swollen…

10 Sep

Assam government plans to merge elementary and secondary education departments

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The Assam government has decided to create a new school education department by merging two existing ones, an official notification said. The elementary and secondary education departments are being merged to form the new one; all officers and staff of the two departments will come under the administrative control of the school education department. All correspondence relating to the existing departments will also be henceforth made in the name of the new one. The notification was issued by the administrative reforms department earlier this week. All existing directorates and organizations of the two departments will be under the administrative control…

09 Sep

Assam to set up state research foundation in line with NEP 2020

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Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that his government will set up a state research foundation in line with the National Research Foundation as envisaged in National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The proposed research foundation is expected to promote innovative research with quantifiable outcomes for transformational reforms in the education sector, the chief minister said while speaking at a conference on the implementation of NEP 2020 in Assam as a follow up of the Varanasi Conclave. “We are committed to implement NEP 2020 for qualitative improvement of education. The fact that we have earmarked six per cent of…

09 Sep

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra becomes Diamond League champion

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Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday achieved yet another historic feat as he became the first Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League Finals title here.Chopra began with a foul but jumped to the top spot with a throw of 88.44m -- his fourth career best -- in his second attempt, and that turned out to be his winning effort. He had 88.00m, 86.11m, 87.00m and 83.60m in his next four throws.He has produced 88m-plus throw six times this season which showed his consistency. He holds the national record of 89.94m, which he achieved this season.Chopra also…

09 Sep

Assam Doctors successfully treated rare dialysis-induced skin ailment

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A team of doctors at the government-run Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in Assam successfully treated a rare dialysis-induced skin ailment by performing kidney transplant on the patient. A report on the operation conducted on a 30-year-old woman patient in December last year by a team of doctors from the super-speciality unit of GMCH led by Dr Sasanka Kumar Barua recently appeared in Cureus, a US-based medical journal. The skin condition called Pseudoporphyria in which multiple lesions that look like burnt and peeling skin occur all over the body of a patient with kidney failure when they start hemodialysis, a…

08 Sep

Gold gains while silver rallies Rs 862

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Gold prices rose by Rs 251 to Rs 51,056 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday.In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 50,805 per 10 grams, according to the report.Silver also rallied by Rs 862 to Rs 54,934 per kg from Rs 54,072 per kg in the previous trade.

08 Sep

Start-up generates new opportunities for the state

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Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that though start-up movement in Assam started late, its progress is not slow. Inaugurating an event to celebrate innovations in Assam’s start-up ecosystem and recognize outstanding Proptech start-ups in NEDFi House, Chief Minister Dr. Sarma said that India’s start-up ecosystem was creating waves in the world. He said that recently in a major success, in the States’ Startup Ranking 2021; Assam Startup has been recognized as a Leader (Category A) in developing a strong startup ecosystem in the state by Government of India. This has been a steep progression from its previous…

08 Sep

40 Bengal-bound exotic animals seized in Assam

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The Assam police on Thursday, September 8, 2022 seized 40 exotic animals from two Delhi-registered SUVs that travelled from the Mizoram-Myanmar border and were bound for Siliguri in northern West Bengal. This was the biggest seizure of smuggled exotic animals in Assam. The animals included joeys or baby wallabies, chimpanzees, monkeys and tortoises. “The Rangiya police intercepted the vehicles following a tip-off and detained two people after finding the rare animals packed in cages. The two said they travelled from the Mizoram-Myanmar border and were heading for Siliguri for delivering the consignment,” Hitesh Chandra Roy, the Superintendent of Police of Kamrup district…