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Riverside clean up drive conducted
A riverside clean up drive was conducted today at the Brahmaputra riverbank in Fancy Bazar here.
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By JACQUELINE BIGAR
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Feb. 1, 2021:
Strong-willed, mentally quick and courageous, when you’re right, you won’t give an inch. This year, however, you work on a team, and patience creates a very successful and profitable project. If single, don’t be too anxious to please lovers. Your true soul mate comes along in May. If attached, you may be in a turbulent phase, but this smooths out soon. Then you are in bliss. LEO is super generous.
Assam

Puppet artistes felicitated
A State-level workshop of puppet theatre groups and associated artistes were held here today on the Pathsala Azad Bhawan premises, during which 93 puppet artistes were felicitated by Chairman of Housefed and Sorbhog MLA Ranjeet Kumar Dass with cash awards and citations.

Darrang dist lacks basic agri infrastructure: Scientist
Even after 75 years of the country’s independence, Darrang district lags behind on the infrastructure front despite having a huge potential in the agriculture sector,

Forest guard found hanging at Panbari
A forest guard was found hanging from a tree on the forest range office campus at Panbari in Chirang district this morning, triggering sharp reactions among the residents in his native place Sidli in Chirang district.

11 agri startups handed over Rs 1.35 cr as grant-in-aid
The North-East Agriculture Technology Entrepreneurs Hub (NEATEHUB), the agri-business incubator of the Assam Agricultural University (AAU)
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Myanmar shuts down all flights in country
Myanmar's government agency in charge of air travel says it has stopped all passenger flights in the country.

Police probe blaze in England
Police in the UK have launched an investigation into a fire which broke out at barracks in Kent, southeastern England, where the government is holding hundreds of asylum seekers, according to a media report.

Russia arrests 2,300 during wide protests backing Navalny
Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, thousands of people took to the streets on Sunday across Russia’s vast expanse to demand the release of jailed Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin.

Tropical cyclone Ana causes extensive damages to Fiji
Tropical cyclone Ana, the first one to hit Fiji this year, has caused extensive damages to the South Pacific island nation.