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Assam needs improvement in health status of children and women

Assam has over 22% shortfall of doctors at PHCs level and nearly 43% shortfall of specialists at CHCs level   Coverage of antenatal checkups still below 50%; half of all new mothers still bereft of post-natal services   Guwahati, December 21, 2016: While Assam has made progress in its health indicators, it further needs to …

IL&FS Engineering Services Receives Taking – Over Certificate For Assam – 19 Road Project

Mumbai,16th June,2015:IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Limited (IL&FS Engineering Services) has received a Taking-Over Certificate for Substantial Completion regarding Assam-19 Road Project from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) (Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways). The project includes widening and strengthening of existing NH-37 from 2-Lane to 4-Lane from Km. 230.500 to Km. 205.000 …

Short Cut or Cut Short – Road accidents turn epidemic in Assam

Road accidents cause 50.4% deaths in Assam, surpasses national average of 36.4   1.24 million people worldwide are killed and 50 million people are injured in road accidents every year: World Health Organization Every year 1,40,000 die in road accidents in India: WHO’s global safety report Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death …

ICICI Group contributes Rs 12 crore to the ‘Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund’ towards natural calamities in Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Meghalaya and Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi: ICICI Group today made a contribution of Rs 12 crore towards the ‘Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund’ for the people affected by the natural calamities in Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Meghalaya and Andhra Pradesh.   Commenting on the situation in these states, Ms. Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank said, “Our hearts go …

Decline in Tea Production in Assam and West Bengal

Tea production during the months of April and May, 2014 declined by 30.72 million Kilograms (kgs.) compared to the production during the corresponding period of 2013. However, the production during January to March 2014 had gone up by 8.37 million kgs compared to corresponding period of 2013. Most of the tea growing regions have received …

Government of India and World Bank Sign $500 Million Agreement to Improve Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Four Indian States

About 7.8 million rural people are expected to directly benefit from the project NEW DELHI, January 07, 2014 – The government of India and the World Bank today signed a $500 million credit agreement to improve piped water supply and sanitation services through decentralized delivery systems in the states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. …

The Argumentative Bengali – Chawm Ganguly

We Bengalis love our Adda’s. Over endless cups of syrupy tea sipped in a road side tea stall: aptly named “Bekar Parliament” (Parliament of the jobless / useless) with a killer, obnoxiously Bengali,  punch line “amader Dilli te kono sakha nai”(we don’t have any branches in Delhi ) or over any other drink covering the …

ZyXEL appoints its Regional Head for Eastern India

June 11, 2013, New Delhi: ZyXEL Communications, a world-class broadband networking company that provides leading Internet solutions for customers ranging from telecommunication service providers, businesses to home users, announced the appointment of Mr Pronob Mukherjee Eastern Region. Mr Pronob Mukherjee would be concentrating on Eastern India region which will be having West Bengal, North- East, …