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India-Bangladesh border talks to be held in Guwahati from Tuesday

This is the 51st director general-level border coordination conference between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)

Working to transform Guwahati as gateway to Southeast Asia: Sonowal

Sonowal claimed that the state has handled the Covid-19 well, as seen from the low mortality rates

Gauhati HC stays Centre's nod to OIL for drilling inside national park

The Gauhati High Court on Monday stayed the Centre's permission to Oil India Ltd (OIL) to drill seven wells inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, which is adjacent to Baghjan well blaze site in Tinsukia district. The stay order was issued by a division bench of Chief Justice (Acting) N Kotiswar Singh and Justice Manish Chowdhury disposing a PIL filed jointly by advocate Mrinmoy Khataniar and mountaineer Amar Jyoti Deka. The PIL was filed against the Centre's approval to OIL for drilling inside the forest very rich in biodiversity by amending existing norms like public hearing under the draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2020. The petition contended that the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEF&CC) had amended the existing rule related to public hearing on January 16, 2020 and categorised all onshore and offshore oil and gas explorations as 'B2 Project' from 'A Project' earlier. The MoEF&CC had accorded environmental clearance to ...

Toyota launches first regional stockyard at Guwahati to cut delivery time

Toyota announced the launch of its first regional stockyard in Guwahati, which aims at reducing delivery time from the current 13 days to a maximum of two days for dealers in the northeastern states

Berger, IIT Guwahati develop surface disinfectant to fight Covid-19

The product, developed by a group of scientists led by Prof Biman B Mandal, was launched on Friday

IIT-G, C-DAC sign MoU for a 17-crore supercomputing facility

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati on Monday said it has signed an MoU with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune to set up a Rs 17-crore supercomputing facility.

Assam flood situation improves; over 278,000 in 12 districts affected

With the death of one person in Biswanath district, the total number of people who lost their lives in flood related incidents this year rose to 120

Gauhati Medical College selected for COVAXIN 2nd phase clinical testing

The Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has been selected for the second phase clinical testing of India's indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine, COVAXIN

Assam floods update: 1 more dead, 2.63 million affected in 27 districts

With the death of one person in Morigaon district, the toll in this year's flood and landslides has risen to 123

Assam coronavirus update: 972 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 27,744

Two persons died due to Covid-19 infection in Assam, taking the death toll to 66, while 972 fresh cases were reported in the state

Assam coronavirus update: 1,001 new cases reported; 513 in Guwahati alone

Assam on Monday reported 1,001 new COVID-19 cases out of which 513 were from capital Guwahati alone, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said

Assam coronavirus update: Lockdown in Guwahati may get extended by a week

"Though the health department has said one-week extension will be enough, others are advocating two more weeks in view of the rising infection," Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said

IIT Guwahati collaborates with Hester Biosciences for Covid-19 vaccine

The institute expects the coronavirus vaccine to be ready for animal studies by the end of this year

After South India, tea auctions set to resume in Guwahati on April 23

Two other important centres in Kolkata and Siliguri are yet to decide on a date

IIT Guwahati develops robots to deliver food, medicines to Covid-19 wards

The team from IIT Guwahati's Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments believes the move will reduce human intervention in isolation wards.

Tier II cities more prone to cyber security threats: K7 Computing report

Patna is most susceptible, with 47 per cent of its netizens saying they had been attacked

CAA protest: Guwahati curfew to be lifted tomorrow; internet to be restored

The decisions were taken at a law and order review meeting by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

Citizenship Act: People store basics, potato sold at Rs 80 a kg in Guwahati

Some local news channels reported that the curfew has been relaxed from 6 am to 1 pm in Guwahati, but an Assam Police spokesperson later said there was no such order.

UN human rights' body calls Citizenship Act 'fundamentally discriminatory'

At least two persons died due to bullet injuries on Thursday after police opened fire on protesters in Guwahati, capital of Assam.

From Jammu to Assam to Chennai: Protests against Citizenship Amendment Bill

Curfew was imposed in Assam's Guwahati and Dibrugarh for an indefinite period amid violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill