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Through the Bodoland Space Education Program, 15 schools in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) of Assam now have dedicated space laboratories, integrating space subjects into the curriculum. The newest school to join the effort was Tamulpur Higher Secondary School, which celebrated its first National Space Day on August 23 and opened the Haladhar Ujir Memorial Space Laboratory. The institution, which was founded in 1953, had never seen anything like this before. According to Nilutpal Kashyap, Officer on Special Duty (Education), BTC, "The first lab was set up in July 2024 at Sidli-Kashikotra Higher Secondary School in Chirang, the first in…

Kritartha Anubhabi Saikia, a six-year-old Class I student at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Solmara, under the Tezpur Sadar police station, has been honored by the Indian Book of Records with the "Achiever Award" for writing three-letter words from A to Z in under two minutes and fifteen seconds. Kritartha's extraordinary achievement has made her family and the Tezpur community proud. She was born in the D-Parbatia neighborhood of Tezpur to Anup Jyoti Saikia and Teacher Bhairabi Tamuli Saikia. "We are extremely happy with Kritartha's accomplishment," stated her father, Anup Jyoti Saikia. She has demonstrated incredible focus and determination at such a young…

At the Bahumukhi Bhawan conference hall in Kusumtola on Wednesday, Naduar Nagarik Mancha's president, Jagat Saikia, presided over the organization's founding day and biennial conference. The program was attended by representatives from the mouzas of Chariduwar, Mudadol, Nagsankar, and Chilabandha. Padma Hazarika, the Naduar MLA, was the conference's chief guest. He praised the mancha's initiative in addressing a number of social problems pertaining to the larger Naduar region. As a special guest, CDC Manash Hazarika from the Naduar Co-district Commissioners Office attended the event. Among other dignitaries, Bhaba Goswami, the president of the Baresohoriya Bhaona Committee, and Nitumani Bora attended…

In accordance with the National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD), 2021, the Government of India has made Assam Medical College & Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh, a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Rare Diseases. In a formal statement released on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Rare Disease Cell) approved AMCH's inclusion as one of the top government tertiary institutions with resources for rare disease diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. With this, AMCH is now one of only 15 such centers of excellence nationwide and the first medical institution in Assam and the Northeast to obtain this esteemed honor. The memorandum…

In front of book lovers, scholars, and distinguished residents, District Commissioner (DC) Swapneel Paul solemnly opened the district library's state-of-the-art multimodal learning area on Tuesday on behalf of the Tinsukia district administration. Using 20 lakh from Paul's Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2024, the ground-breaking facility was named "Learn-o-verse." Additionally, the campaign supports the Assamese government's intention to declare 2024 the "Book Year." The District Library has converted a vacant 1,000-square-foot area into a bustling center with reading nooks, an interactive digital panel, video conferencing capabilities, spaces for group discussions, teaching areas, WiFi, digital resources, and online…