Assam

02 Mar

Reviving the inland waterways connectivity to Pandu, Assam and North Eastern States

editorAssam

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee port playes a key role in the 5th summit organized by Assocham, focussing on reconnecting Haldia with Pandu to hermless the energy of curgo transit through the combined power of sea and river. SMP which holds the unique advantage of having rail, road and inland water connectivity. NW1 and 2 provides immense opportunities for stakeholders to use the port ecosystem to create a sustainable ecosystem for the transit of goods to and from the north east via Indo-Bangla protocol route ad a lucrative alternative to the chicken neck for connecting North East to have cost and time…

28 Feb

Rotaract Club’s women empowerment initiative

editorAssam

On 2nd of November 2021, Guwahati Metro, in collaboration with the Rotaract Club of Guwahati Metro, inaugurated SABALA, a women empowerment campaign. The program's goal was to enable women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to become self-sufficient. In collaboration with Ratna Peeth Education, the Rotary Club of Guwahati Metro provided a three-month sewing machine instruction for ten women as part of the programme. The training was completed on February 2nd, 2022. The primary guest at the event was Honorable Justice Rumi Kumari Phukun. Past Rotary District 3240 District Governors Rotarian Prabhat Kumar Kedia and Rotarian Arijit Endow, as well as current…

28 Feb

Watch the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden

editorAssam, Indiaindia

Meet tea farmer Tenzing Bodosa who is making a difference with the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden in Assam on the next episode of ‘OMG! YehMera India’ 28th February at 8 PM, only on HistoryTV18. The eighth season of the trendsetting original factual entertainment series continued with enthralling, inspirational stories of extraordinary Indians and their incredible talents. Bodosa has tried to encourage a more symbiotic human-elephant relationship at his three-hectare tea garden in Udalguri, Assam. Not only did he shun dangerous practices like electric fences and drainage ditches used by others to discourage the movement of elephants through tea gardens,…

26 Feb

Global School of Hair & Beauty opens in Guwahati

editorAssam, Business

Mrs. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, well-known businesswoman and CMD of Pride East Entertainments Pvt. Ltd., inaugurated the Global School of Hair & Beauty, a first-of-its-kind professional college of hair dressing, cosmetics, beauty, and nails, in Guwahati on February 25. The school is located on the 5th floor of Anil Plaza-II on GS Road in Guwahati. It will provide specialised job-oriented training on a variety of hair and beauty solutions. Mrs. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, _Mrs. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, _Mrs. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma The Global School of Hair & Beauty, which will be located on the 5th floor of Anil Plaza-II, GS Road,…

18 Feb

30TH DOWN TOWN PUBLIC ORATION

editorAssam, Business

33rd Anniversary function of down town hospital held at down town hospital Auditorium on 15th of February 2022. Shri Dhruba Hazarika, Former Chairman of APSC and Eminent Writer and Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Smt. Anuradha Sarma Pujari blessed the occasion as the Chief Guest of Honour respectively. Shri Hazarika congratulated Dr. N.N Dutta for releasing his second edition of his book and providing 33 years of untiring services rendered to the people of North East Region. He also inaugurated the 33rd edition of down town Newsletter with Ms. Gariasi Dutta, Director of down town hospital and the editor…

18 Feb

TOPCEM CEMENT OFFERS FREE CATARACT TREATMENT

editorAssam

Topcem Cement has organized free of cost cataract treatment and cataract surgery camp. The main objective of this camp is to reach out to the aged and poor people with cataract in villages and gifting back the vision to those that have preventable blindness. Eye Doctors – An Eye Institute & Surgery Centre, Guwahati is the hospital partner in identifying the villages, sensitizing the community, building capacities for the support and providing the best-in-class cataract facility to the patients in their surgical centre in Guwahati. The camp is being organized in two phases. In the first phase, people are being…

14 Feb

“Rhino Express” a new Assamese comedy film launches Official Poster & Trailer

editorAssam, Entertainment

Rhino Express, a new Assamese comedy entertainer launched the first official poster & trailer in a gala event at Central Mall, Guwahati. The event was attended by the cast & crew of the film and also witnessed the presence of noted personalities from the Assamese film industry. The first of its kind event showcased the biggest poster launch for any Assamese film so far. This will set a new standard of movie marketing for the Assamese film industry. The huge poster was unveiled on the facade of the Central Mall Guwahati and the trailer of the film was launched at…

04 Feb

Dr Yasin Ali has establishes the occurrence of three rare diseases in a single child

editorAssam, Health

Dr Yasin Ali, the Chief consultant Child Specialist of Health City Hospital has been able to establish the occurrence of three rare diseases in a single child of 1 month 20 days for the first time in the world. After relentless research work for last 12 months Dr Ali has concluded that this is the first baby in the world to have been affected by three rare diseases at the same time viz. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Noonan's Syndrome and Horse Shoe Kidney. This information has been shared by Dr. Yasin Ali in a press release today in Health City Hospital.…

03 Feb

Guwahati Down Town Hospital brings new Modular Orthopaedic Operation Theatre Complex

editorAssam, Health, North East

Guwahati Down Town Hospital has come up with a New modern Glass Panel Modular Orthopaedic Operation Theatre Complex, a first of its kind in Assam with dedicated Trauma and Joint Replacement OTs and sophisticated OT table ( MAQUET, Germany) and High end XLED lights . The OT is supported by Ultramodern 4k video Arthroscopy from Arthrex, Germany. The OT was build keeping in consideration the guidelines of NABH & ASHRAE. Renowned artist Zubeen Garg inaugurated the OT complex in the presence of the Dr. N.N.Dutta, Chairman and Managing Director, Dr. B.K Gogoi, Medical Director, Prof. Bandana Dutta,whole Time Director, Mr…

03 Feb

Chief Minister of Assam launches ‘Oil India – The Pipeline Saga’ in Dispur

editorAssamDr. Himanta Biswa Sarma

Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma released a prestigious corporate book of Oil India Ltd. titled 'Oil India - The Pipeline Saga' in Dispur in presence of august gathering of OIL's Senior Management and author Padmashri Arup Kr. Dutta. The voluminous book is based on birth and journey of India's pioneering cross-country pipeline constructed from Naharkatiya in Upper Assam to Barauni in Bihar over a distance of 1158 km for transporting crude oil produced in Upper Assam field to newly constructed public sector refineries at Guwahati and Barauni during 1960's.'Oil India - The Pipeline Saga' seeks to chronicle…