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Assam flood situation improves marginally; 11,000 affected in 3 districts
Lakhimpur remained the worst-affected district with 9,600 flood-hit people, followed by 1,912 in Dhemaji and 300 in Baksa
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Assam coronavirus update: Death toll rises to 182, tally reaches 74,501
The Covid-19 death toll in Assam rose to 182 after seven people succumbed to the disease, while the number of the state's coronavirus caseload has gone up to 74,501
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Why Covid-19 surged by 59% in two weeks among Assam's health workers
The first Covid-19 case in Assam was reported on March 31 and by July 27, 720 health workers had tested positive in the state
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Assam issues Covid lockdown guidelines with relaxations for August 16-31
A total of 2,796 COVID cases were detected out of 61,318 tests conducted in Assam on Thursday
Preparation on to cap damaged OIL well in Assam spewing gas for 78 days
Two attempts to cap the well, which is situated in Tinsukia district, made in a fortnight have failed
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Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyot Mahanta tests positive for coronavirus
Director General of Assam Police Bhaskar Jyot Mahanta tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, officials said.
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Complaints filed against Assam BJP MLA over controversial remarks
Over half-a-dozen complaints have been filed against controversial Assam BJP MLA Shiladitya Dev by various organisations days after he termed revered scholar Syed Abdul Malik an "intellectual jihadi"
Assam Baghjan well fire: Oil India objects to committee's report in NGT
The Committee of Experts has not made a site-visit till the filing of the Preliminary Report
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Covid-19 patient flees from facility in Assam's Dhubri, booked hours later
A Covid-19 patient fled from a medical facility in Assam's Dhubri district, and was brought back on Tuesday after an operation that lasted for hours
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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Assam unlocks as infection rate declines
Kerala to train, export nurses and paramedics, why so many vaccines are being developed, and are children strong spreaders of Covid-19?-news on how India is dealing with the pandemic
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Flood water recedes in Assam, 1.1 million people still distressed
With the flood water receding in most affected districts, Assam flood situation further improved significantly on Saturday
Covid-19: Assam govt plans to reopen schools, colleges on September 1
The Assam government has made preliminary plans to reopen educational institutions on September 1 but the final decision will depend on the directives of the Centre
Assam to set up 40-member committee to analyse New Education Policy 2020
The Assam government will set up a 40-member committee to initiate implementation of the Centre's New Education Policy (NEP) in the state, a minister said on Saturday.
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Attempt to cap gas well at Baghjan failed, reasons being examined: OIL
Well number 5 at Baghjan has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 66 days since May 27 and it caught fire on June 9, killing two of OIL's firefighters at the site
Bhutan king writes to Assam CM, thanks him for support during lockdown
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar has written to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, thanking him for allowing movement of vehicles carrying essential commodities to the neighbouring country
Covid-19: Assam govt reduces quarantine period for returnees to 10 days
The Assam government has decided to reduce the quarantine period for passengers arriving from outside the state to 10 days from the existing span of two weeks, officials said
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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
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Assam coronavirus update: Tally at 28,791 with 1,047 new cases; toll 70
Covid-19 tally in Assam reached 28,791 with 1,047 more people testing positive for the disease in 24 hours, and the death toll climbed with 70 with four people succumbing to the disease
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Lockdown and uneven rainfall hits tea crop, prices firm up at auctions
The production in north India, comprising Assam and north Bengal, is down by 40 per cent from January to June as compared to the figures of 2019
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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