GUWAHATI, February 17, 2018: Assam is at the bottom of the list with regard to maternal mortality rate(MMR) with a figure of 300 against the national average of 167, while the fund spending under National Health Mission (NHM) is just 13.58 per cent for 2017-18. Union Minister of State forContinue Reading
Mangaldoi, Assam: Two couples – one Hindu and the other Muslim – whose babies were accidentally swapped soon after birth over two years ago, have decided to keep the child they have been raising, and moved a local court to settle the matter. The issue came to public notice last weekContinue Reading
Sister Mary Paschal died in hospital Continue Reading
The seventh grader committed suicide on August 29Continue Reading
This is the first case of cow vigilantes violence in AssamContinue Reading
By: Mariola Sequeira Goalpara: A Salesian organization has joined hands with government agencies in Assam to train local people in disaster management techniques to deal with flood and other natural calamities. More than 160 people, including women, from four village clusters attended the day long training session on April 23Continue Reading
By Swapnaneel Bhattacharjee April 21, 2017: Even as the government has taken various initiatives to prevent trafficking of women in the country, the existence of an organised red-light area in the heart of Silchar town, the headquarters of Cachar district of Assam state, explicitly reveals how prostitution over the yearsContinue Reading
Guwahati: The Assam government on Sunday announced a draft population policy which suggested denial of government jobs to people with more than two children and making education up to university level free for all girls in the state. “This is a draft population policy. We have suggested that people havingContinue Reading
Guwahati: A crusader of transgender rights has asked the Gauhati High Court to direct the Assam government to secure the community’s rights and welfare. Assam in northeastern India has of more than 20,000 transgender people, says Swati Bidhan Baruah, who approached the court March end. The plight of transgender inContinue Reading
