The Japanese encephalitis (JE)-related death toll in the State has shot up to 29.

Heat wave and scanty rainfall have badly affected tea production in Assam, India’s largest tea producing state, with planters fearing crop loss of nearly 10% this year.

DIBRUGARH, February 10: The Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Campaign in the district was formally flagged off at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here today.

The ban on digging of earth for making bricks and roads without prior environment clearance (EC) by the National Green Tribunal almost two months back has raised questions about how far it is being

In a development which will go a long way in disaster management and mitigation, the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), located at Umiam, Ri–Bhoi district of Meghalaya will develope a

DIBRUGARH: The Dibrugarh district administration have imposed a ban on the use of plastic carry bags.

In his order under Section 144 CrPC, ADC PK Rajkhowa prohibited the use of carry bags and containers made of recycled plastic to store, carry, dispense or package food stuff while the same made for the use in other purposes must use pigments and colours as per the specifications of Bureau of Indian Standards. The prohibition also includes manufacturing, stocking, distributing or selling of carry bags made of virgin or recycled plastic of less than 40 microns in thickness and of pouches made of non–recyclable laminated or metallic plastics. Carry bags and containers made of virgin plastic must be in natural shade, the order stated.

GUWAHATI: There is no let up in the problem of land erosion caused by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries in Assam.

Assam has been susceptible to the effects of climate change, and this has dramatically impacted the lifestyles and livelihood options of thousands of marginalised women and their households in the

DIBRUGARH, Sept 27 – Many tea gardens in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts are reeling under a severe shortage of piped natural gas, and garden managers are finding it difficult to overcome the cris