Guwahati: Assam’s pride and the century old tea industry is struggling for survival due to tea prices declining below the cost of production (CoP), informed Bidyananda Barkakoty, the adviser to North Eastern Tea Association (NETA). He asserted that unless there is an increase in price of tea, the concerned industry including the small tea growers…
Guwahati: Lovlina Borgohain, who lost to Busenaz Surmeneli from Turkey in women’s welterweight (64-69kg) semi-final match of Tokyo Olympic Games, becomes the first Assamese to win an Olympic medal and third Indian boxer (after Mary Kom-2012 and Vijender Singh-2008) to win a boxing medal at the Olympics. The 23-year-old pugilist fought hard in the ring…
Guwahati: Assam’s very own Lovlina Borgohain is fighting in Olympic Games on Wednesday for Silver/Gold medal, after ensuring a Bronze in boxing category. She thus became the first Assamese to secure a medal in the history of 125 years of Olympic Games. In an attempt to pray for the boxer, a lighting program was organised…
A ‘HYPOTHESIS’ story of Black-White-Worm holes, Human Time Machine & Cause of death by HRidaY Debnath Details: A ‘HYPOTHESIS’ story of Black-White-Worm holes, Human Time Machine & Cause of death by an 20YO boy HRidaY Debnath from Assam’s Silchar. 1) Black Hole, White Hole & Worm Hole might be existing into every human life on…
Guwahati: Rich tributes were paid to eminent social reformer Harekrisna Mahanta, who was the Satradhikar of Sri Sri Borongajuli Shrimanta Shankardev Satra at Udalguri in central Assam recently when State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the Vaishnavite monastery. The saffron leader offered floral tributes to the portrait and statue of the Satradhikar. He also…
Guwahati: Slowly but steadily Assam and Mizoram start deescalating the border tension which witnessed a very unfortunate fare up a few days back where six Assam police personnel had to lose their precious lives. On the 26 July incident, Cachar district police chief was also serially injured. A number of FIRs were surfaced against various…
Guwahati: With an aim to enhance the adventure tourism in the land-locked north-eastern region of India, two national adventure events have been organised in September– October 2021, where high altitude trekkers and seasoned mountaineers from different parts of the country are expected to participate. Initiated by Padmashree Dr Anshu Jamsenpa, the Bailey-Trail trek and the…
Tokyo: The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Great Britain 3-1 in a quarterfinal match to qualify for the semifinals of Olympics Games after 49 years in Tokyo on Sunday. India scored three field goals through Dilpreet Singh (7th minute), Gurjant Singh (16th) and Hardik Singh (57th) to seal the win for the eight-time Olympic champions. The…
Guwahati: Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch, an umbrella body of Indians supporting the Tibet Mukti Sadhana (Tibetan freedom movement) has decided to observe forthcoming 20 October as a protest day against the Communist regime in Beijing as the People’s Liberation Army attacked simultaneously on Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh (then North East Frontier Agency) on this date…
Three Assam tiger reserves get global recognition Guwahati: Three tiger reserves of Assam have been accredited by the global conservation assured tiger standards (CA/TS), where India as a whole witnessed recognition to 14 forest reserves. World famous Kaziranga national park and tiger reserve along with Manas and Orang forest reserves emerged successful in getting the…
