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IIT Guwahati develops new method to produce sugar substitute
Guwahati

IIT Guwahati develops new method to produce sugar substitute 'Xylitol' from...

New Delhi, Aug 23: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed an ultrasound-assisted fermentation method to produce a safe sugar substitute called "Xylitol" from bagasse, the residue left after crushing of sugarcane. According to officials, the new method...
25 Assam districts face internet suspension during govt exam hours
Guwahati

25 Assam districts face internet suspension during govt exam hours

Guwahati, Aug 21: Mobile internet services across 25 districts of Assam have been suspended for four hours on Sunday in order to prevent possible malpractices during written examination for Grade-IV posts of various state government departments. Besides, prohibitory orders under Section 144 have...
2024 LS polls will be walkover for BJP if Kejriwal pitted against Modi: Himanta
Guwahati

2024 LS polls will be walkover for BJP if Kejriwal pitted against Modi: Himanta

Guwahati, Aug 20: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday asserted that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be a walkover for the BJP if Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal is pitted against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.He claimed that the Delhi chief minister is not even known in...
Assam: Professors in govt medical colleges to now retire at 70
Guwahati

Assam: Professors in govt medical colleges to now retire at 70

Guwahati, Aug 19: The Assam Cabinet on Friday decided to raise the retirement age of faculty members of government medical colleges in the state from 65 to 70 years. The move is aimed at augmenting availability of experienced doctors for educational and medical services, government spokesperson...
K9 dog squad tracking down poachers in Assam
Guwahati

K9 dog squad tracking down poachers in Assam

Guwahati, Aug 19: A trained dog squad in Assam, billed to be the first of its kind in the country, is helping to track poachers in the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of the state and assist forest security personnel in their conservation efforts. The nation's first dog squad for...
Guwahati: Cops rescue abducted child, one person arrested
Guwahati

Guwahati: Cops rescue abducted child, one person arrested

Guwahati, Aug 19: In a horrific incident, a child was abducted in Guwahati on Thursday. The incident took place in the Dhirenpara area of the city during the wee hours of the morning at around 9:30 a.m. The police were informed and conducted an investigation at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital...
GU Controller of Examinations suspended due to delay in result declaration
Guwahati

GU Controller of Examinations suspended due to delay in result declaration

Guwahati, Aug 19: The Gauhati University on Thursday suspended Dr. Dhruwajyoti Choudhury, Controller of Examinations, Gauhati University due to anomalies and delay in this year's Undergraduate examination results announcement. In an order issued by the Registrar and Disciplinary Authority, it has...
New traffic system to be functional in Guwahati soon: Police Commissioner
Guwahati

New traffic system to be functional in Guwahati soon: Police Commissioner

Guwahati, Aug 16: The integrated traffic management system (ITMS), rolled out by the Guwahati Smart City Limited (GSCL) will soon be functional in the city, informed Guwahati City Police Commissioner Harmeet Singh today. To ensure proper traffic management and surveillance digital traffic systems...
From Assams fight against corruption to the State getting drone pilot training school, the week that was
Assam

From Assam's fight against corruption to the State getting drone pilot training...

Guwahati, Aug 14:The week that was features three recent developments from Assam, the first one being Assam CM's reiteration of zero tolerance policy against corruption. Secondly, the cabinet's approval on the Assam Logistic Policy and other amendments, and lastly, the news on Assam becoming the...
Multilayer security in Assam for Independence Day amid boycott call by militants
Guwahati

Multilayer security in Assam for Independence Day amid boycott call by militants

Guwahati, Aug 14: A multilayer security arrangement has been put in place across parade grounds and other sensitive places in Assam after banned militant groups ULFA(I) and NSCN called for a "boycott" of Independence Day celebrations and "total shutdown" in five states of the Northeast, a top police...
Vande Mataram chant by school students gave me goosebumps: Assam CM
Guwahati

Vande Mataram chant by school students gave me goosebumps: Assam CM

Guwahati, Aug 13: Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma had his goosebump moment on Saturday on hearing school students chant 'Vande Mataram', the Assam chief minister, who participated in a 'Prabhat Pheri' (morning march) along with them as part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav'. Sarma marched through the...
Authorities arrange for
Guwahati

Authorities arrange for 'ostracised' man's last rites as villagers refuse to...

Guwahati, Aug 13: The buried body of a villager was exhumed and cremated as per Hindu rituals by the authorities in Assam's Darrang district as locals refused to help his family with cremation due to social ostracisation owing to his inter-caste marriage 27 years ago. Atul Sarma, a...
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