Inadequate awareness about and attention to potential health problems, including health issues of the elderly that can be treated or prevented, is adversely affecting the people in Kamrup district.

Guwahati: At a time the government's priority is conservation of wetlands across the state, a reply to an RTI application filed by environment activist Rohit Choudhury has revealed a startling fact

With the recovery of four more bodies today, the death toll mounted to 36 in Assam floods that affected about 10 lakh people in 13 districts and rendered majority of them homeless, reports PTI.

As it was feared, the death toll in the flashfloods of Assam-Meghalaya on Wednesday jumped to 69 with rescue teams recovering 24 bodies from two sub-divisions Krishnai and Boko, devastated by cloud

Over 9,000 cases of HIV have been detected so far in Assam, the State government said today.

Guwahati: Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 43 lives and affected 311 people so far in nine districts of Assam this year with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi directing health department officials to eff

GUWAHATI: Even as the Kamrup (Metro) district administration continued its eviction drive to clear river channels and water bodies, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday asked the additional chief

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

The Kamrup (Metro) district has recorded at least 19 cases of Japanese Encephalitis and two cases of dengue since June. With the monsoon here, there are fears of more such outbreaks.

GUWAHATI, June 25: A total of 105 people in five districts of the State have been affected by floods. These districts are Lakhimpur, Darrang, Sonitpur, Kamrup and Udalguri.

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