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Central Government continuously monitoring flood situation in Assam and working closely with State Government to provide all possible assistance: PM

JUNE 23, 2022 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that the Central Government is continuously monitoring the flood situation in Assam and is working closely with the State Government to provide all possible assistance to overcome this challenge. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister […]

Floods, coronavirus hobble two of India’s poorest states

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in two of India’s poorest states have displaced or affected 8 million people and killed 111 since May, authorities said on Tuesday, at a time when coronavirus cases have swelled there. The Brahmaputra river in the northeastern state of Assam is flowing […]

By boat and on foot, Assam hunts for plasma for COVID patients

GUWAHATI, India – When doctors in a flood-ravaged Indian state urgently sought plasma of a particular blood type for a COVID-19 patient this month, health officials sent a boat for a marooned donor who had recovered from the disease weeks ago. With coronavirus cases surging in Assam and […]

Two more die in Assam floods, death toll reaches 66

Guwahati, Jul 22: Two more people died in Assam floods taking the death toll to 66 Monday, as the situation remained unchanged in the state where 30.55 lakh people of 18 of the 33 districts are affected, an official report said. The deluge also claimed the lives of 187 […]

Assam floods: Death toll rises to 36

Guwahati, Jul 18: The rampaging flood waters have receded from Sivasagar even as 28 of the 33 districts in Assam remained affected by the deluge, displacing nearly 54 lakh people and claiming nine more lives to take the death toll to 36 on Thursday. Famous rhinoceros habitats — the […]

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