by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Assam is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its geographic proximity to the delta region and poor socio-economic conditions and it is reflected in the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of the local population to climate-induced extreme events such...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Policy
Himanta Biswa Sarma,Chief Minister,Assam “We are planning to come up with universal health insurance through Ayushman Assam for those left out of Ayushman Bharat. The scheme will cover senior citizens, journalists, people without NFSS ration cards, etc.” Assam Chief...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 16, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Assam has witnessed two waves of floods since April 6, with the second having been devastating, affecting 90 lakh people or one-third of the state’s population, while 195 people have lost their lives and 37 people are still missing Guwahati: Centre has declared...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
Later, talking to journalists, Sarma said since Assam’s flood has been labelled ”severe” by a central team, which made an assessment of the flood situation, he sought an advance fund from the NDRF to enable the state to help the people whose houses...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 27, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Located in the Barak valley in Assam state, the 150-bed Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre has been inundated by for days, and the situation has become so dire that its administrators have requested life-jackets and an inflatable raft to transport patients and...
