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I. Formation of new Smart phones for Class district Job to one lakh youth in II. Chief Minister’s Sishu Seva Scheme III. Chief Minister’s IX-X students soon COVID-19 Widows Support Scheme State sector proposed AGENCIES check dropouts of students in IV. Cultural the state,” Neog said. Complex in New Delhi GUWAHATI: All students stud- The dismal status of the state’s V. Making Guwahati CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE of her predecessor who had ying in class IX and X in gov- schools and their infrastructure Hills encroachment decided not to tax the public in ernment schools in the state was highlighted in the report of Free GUWAHATI: The Assam govern- his budgets. will be provided with smart the Unified District Information VI. Settlement in forest ment on Friday presented a Sarma was the finance minis- phones. System for Education Plus areas Rs 566 crore deficit budget for ter in the previous Sarbananda The announcement came on (UDISE+), directly adminis- VII. New Medical 2021-22 in the assembly, with- Sonowal government. Friday during the budget speech tered by the Union Ministry colleges out proposing any new tax on "I too, with the aim of con- of state’s first female finance educational institutes remained of Education, published on VIII. Setting up of 10 the public. tinuing this trend, would like minister Ajanta Neog. She closed affecting the students. Thursday. This report was for Commando Battalions This is the first budget of the to hereby place my budget with- presented the Himanta Biswa Though online education was the academic year 2019-20. IX. Public Spaces in - led gov- out levying any extra tax on the Sarma-led Assam government’s made compulsory for the stu- The report also said that only open area in urban ernment. public," she said in the Assam first full-fledged Assam Budget dents, large number of students 12.7% of Assam schools have areas While reading out the budg- Assembly. 2021-22, which is a Rs 566.20 crore could not pursue it due to lack of functional computer facilities. It X. Arundhati Gold etary proposals, Ajanta Neog, During the last fiscal, the deficit Budget. smart mobile phones and inter- also added that the state has one Scheme the first-ever woman finance Tax Department's collection She said that the decision net facilities. of the highest 32.3 % of dropout XI. Social Sector minister of Assam, said that Finance Minister Ajanta Neog accompanied by Chief Minister Himanta Bi9swa declined to Rs 14,645 crore from was taken in view of the Covid “This scheme will benefit 8 rates of students in the second- Schemes she is following the footsteps Sarma on way to present budget for 2021-22 on Friday. Rs 14,967 crore... Pg 5 19 situation when schools and lakh students of the state and ary level. Pg 5 XII. Preserving our Forest and Wildlife Killer elephant handed Youth held with XIII. Jeevika Sakhi, RELIGIOUS BODIES SAY ORDER UNACCEPTABLE Budget is public welfare- Bank Sakhi, Krishi over to Kaziranga country-made pistol Sakhi and Pashu Sakhi National Park oriented, says CM Sarma in Dhubri XIV. Science and J&K govt bans slaughter Technology – use of : A female elephant AGENCIES GUWAHATI: The Central Reserve NESAC (North East was handed over to the au- “WE FIRMLY BELIEVE Police Force (CRPF) troops Space Application thorities of Kaziranga Na- GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Him- ›IN DELIVERING ON OUR have nabbed a 45-year-old Center) of bovine animals on Eid tional Park on Thursday after anta Biswa Sarma termed the POLL PROMISES AND WILL youth with two country-made XV. State University in the animal allegedly killed a state budget for the financial pistols in Western Assam’s Karbi Anglong AGENCIES J&K Animal, Sheep 14-year-old boy in Bokakhat of year 2021-22 tabled by Finance REMAIN STEADFAST IN Dhubri district. XVI. Construction of Husbandry and Fisheries Assam‘s Golaghat district, the Minister Ajanta Neog in the PROVIDING 1 LAKH GOVT The man has been identified Government Buildings SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kash- Department issued an order police said. Assam Legislative Assembly JOBS TO THE YOUTH OF as Mubarak Hussain, a resident XVII. Tejasvi mir government’s move to calling for a ban on slaughter Police registered a case under on Friday as a public wel- of the Khudimari part II village Navadhitamastu ban slaughter of cows, calves of cows, calves and camels on Section 304A of the IPC (causing fare-oriented budget. ASSAM,” SAYS CM. under Gauripurpolice station in Edu- Infra Funds and camels on the occasion the occasion of forthcoming Eid- death by negligence) and gave He mentioned the day as Dhubri district. (TNEIF) of forthcoming Eid-ul-Adha ul-Adha. the jumbo along with her eight- historic as for the first time a ing any additional tax burden Besides the two country-made XVIII. District Stadium is likely to snowball into ma- The Director Planning, J&K month-old calf to the KNP for safe woman finance minister placed and giving a clear outline of the pistols, some sharp weapons Complexes jor controversy as Muslim Animal, Sheep Husbandry custody, they said. budget in the state assembly. He government’s commitment to were also found on him. XIX. New Zoo at religious organizations have G L Sharma through a letter Representational image. The female elephant, also thanked and congratulated fulfilling the promises made to Acting on specific informa- Dibrugarh and started opposing the order say- addressed to divisional commis- regions, IGPs of both the regions ‘Dulumoni’, allegedly trampled her for placing the 1.07 lakh crore the people. tion, the Quick Action Team of Silchar ing it is not acceptable to them. sioners of Jammu and Kashmir to stop illegal killing... Pg 5 Bitu Gaud to death... Pg 5 budget proposal without impos- Addressing the... Pg 5 CRPF along... Pg 5 XX. APOL – VRS to employees XXI. Centres of 'Next 100 days crucial': Educational Excellence Drones to vigil Guwahati 1,338 graduates receive degrees XXII. Assam Cancer Care Foundation hills encroachment Centre hints at 3rd wave XXIII. NDFB during IIT-G convocation Rehabilitation AGENCIES In a press briefing on the XXIV. Sivasagar – AGENCIES settled, forest dwellers and AGENCIES (IIT) Guwahati attracts the Covid situation in India on Conservation of Indian citizens will not be brightest students from the coun- NEW DELHI: Citing the rising Friday by the Union Health Heritage GUWAHATI: Drones to be de- evicted but the mechanism is GUWAHATI: A total of 1,338 stu- try for its Bachelor’s, Master’s Covid cases in many parts Ministry, VK Paul who heads ployed to check encroach- initiated to check on further dents received their degrees in and Doctoral programmes. of the world as well as a few the national task force on coro- ments in hill areas of the encroachment of the hill areas various disciplines on Friday In the 27 years of its existence, states in the country, the Cen- navirus said that the world SPOTLIGHT capital city of Guwahati, said of the city,” the CM said in a during the 23rd Convocation more than 16,000 students have tre on Friday raised a red flag moving towards the third wave Assam chief minister Himan- press conference. of the IIT Guwahati, which graduated from IIT Guwahati, saying that situation could get of the pandemic should be seen Indian photojournalist ta Biswa Sarma on Friday. He added that forest depart- was held online. it said. worse from here and added the as a red flag, as stressed by PM He said that new mecha- ment would set up a special Out of the total students, who The Institute adapted rapidly next 100 days are going to be Narendra Modi. Danish Siddiqui dies nisms would be adopted to monitoring cell to keep eye on received the degrees, four stu- to the restrictions imposed by crucial. Modi had a meeting with in Afghanistan ensure hills in Guwahati the hills of the city round the dents received joint degrees with the Covid19 pandemic. In the latest bulletin, the the Chief Ministers of 6 states remain free from encroach- clock. “A 24 hour control room Gifu University, Japan. Online classes were held World Health Organisation -- Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra NEW DELHI: Pulitzer Prize-win- ments, including the 24×7 of forest department will keep The graduating students for as many as 448 courses, has said that Covid cases and Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, 23rd Convocation of IITGuwahati ning Reuters Chief Photogra- drone monitoring to identify a sharp eye on any such settle- include 649 BTech and BDes was held online on Friday. the assessment and grading deaths have increased by 10% and Karnataka -- where the cases pher Danish Siddiqui has and preserve open spaces and ments. Once detected they will students, 175 PhD students and also being completed using and 3% respectively last week are either rising or have plateau- been killed in clashes that hills in the city. be removed,” he added. 518 Master degree students. (September 2020) and the pres- online methods for the ensuing and 5 out of its six regions are ed at a high number. ensued in Kandahar's Spin “We will earmark the areas He also said that the state As many as 45 dual degrees ent is just above 9 months, the semester. now witnessing a surge in cases “PM has given us the target Boldak district, TOLO News with drones and check on any government would settle the have been already awarded. number of graduating students, Delivering the convocation while the highly transmissible to stall the third wave and it is reported on Friday, quot- new settlement in the hills of issue of land patta in the city Considering that the duration especially PhD, is highly notable. address virtually, Infosys found- delta variant of SARS CoV 2 has possible,” Paul said, adding that ing sources. The 40-year-old the city. Those who are already once and for all. between previous convocation Indian Institute of Technology er NR Narayana Murthy, Pg 5 reached 111 countries. while the situation... Pg 5 journalist was based in | Mumbai. Page 6 One more police encounter Total curfew for Kamrup Metro 10-days in Manipur Exemption of Covid testing for makes hand-stamp in Assam, drug peddler shot from Sunday vaccinated people withdrawn mandatory NEWMAI NEWS NETWORK AGENCIES The drug mafia of the AGENCIES taken both doses of COVID-19 GUWAHATI: Despite all efforts Moirabari area was shot by a IMPHAL: With the cases of Cov- vaccine from mandatory test- from the Kamrup metro ad- MORIGAON: A suspected drug policeman at around 1 am on id-19 surging in the state once GUWAHATI: The Assam gov- ing for infection at airports and ministration, the COVID sit- peddler was injured in a police Friday at Sagunbahi village again, the Manipur govern- ernment has withdrawn its railway stations. uation in the district hasn’t encounter in Assam’s Mori- when he tried to run away from ment on Friday ordered cur- earlier order exempting man- ” … COVID positivity is been normalized yet. gaon district after he allegedly custody, a senior officer said. few in the entire state for 10 datory COVID-19 testing for observed even in some of the Thus, in order to break the tried to escape from custody, The incident took place when days with effect from Sunday air and train passengers who person(s) who have received chain of infection, the district an official said on Friday. the accused was taken to a char (July 18). have received both doses of two doses of vaccination in a few administration has come up Since the second BJP-led gov- (sandbar) area for another oper- The number of infections of the vaccine, an official order instances,” the latest notification with some special measures ernment assumed power two ation against a drug smuggling He was arrested from the the COVID-19 virus detected said. said, prompting the withdrawal for the next 10 days. months ago, at least 15 suspect- racket, a police source said. neighbouring Nagaon district everyday continues to be very The decision to withdraw Thursday by the Health and of the exemption. The Kamrup Metro admin- ed militants and criminals were The suspected drug peddler on July 14. high relative to the population the exemption was taken after Family Welfare department Continuous screening of all istration has decided that killed and 24 others injured in involved in an inter-state racket He has links with drug mafias and is a cause of concern and war- cases of persons testing positive said the earlier order of June incoming passengers at airports from now onwards, all people police encounters across Assam was shot on his knees and taken of Nagaon, Morigaon and Karbi rants stricter measures to bring for COVID-19 even after having 25, 2021, stands withdrawn with and railway stations is being undergoing RT-PCR tests will as they allegedly tried to snatch to Gauhati Medical College and Anglong districts and has a down the spread of the infection taken both doses of the vaccine immediate effect. conducted in the state since the be stamped... Pg 5 service weapons or attempted Hospital for treatment, the offi- connection with criminals in in the interest of public health, were detected in the state. The earlier order had exempt- first wave of COVID-19 last year. to escape from custody, he said. cial said. Dimapur of Nagaland, Pg 5 the order... Pg 5 The notification issued on ed those travellers who had The overall... Pg 5 Remote Arunachal people impose Tension grips Assam-Mizoram border, self-lockdown Assam to use sex-sorted ITANAGAR: The people of a re- mote administrative circle security tightened in both areas semen to mostly breed cows in Arunachal Pradesh have decided to impose 'self-lock- AGENCIES much resentment among the the Assam land. AGENCIES calves born in cattle and buffalo down' in the area for a week residents, Assam police said. The officer-in-charge of farms with the use of sex-sort- THIS YEAR, THE in view of the spurt in COV- AIZAWL / GUWAHATI: Tension The tension on the Assam- Assam's Ramnathpur police sta- GUWAHATI: Days after bring- ed semen. It will control the ›GOVERNMENT ID-19 cases, an official said gripped the Assam-Mizoram Mizoram border is now a matter tion, Liton Nath, Forest Range ing a bill to protect cows, birth of scrub bulls as 80-90% PROPOSED TO COVER on Friday. border village of Gutguti fol- of serious concern for the admin- Officer of Gharmurra, P Kalita the Assam government now of all births would be of female The administration did lowing the construction of a istrations of three districts of and a team of police officials are decided to buy sperm from calves,” the state’s Finance 50,000 CATTLE AND not issue any order but the temporary shed of police camp Barak valley. camping in the area. outside the state for artificial Minister Ajanta Neog said in BUFFALOES WITH THE USE people of Yomcha circle in by the Mizoram police person- One of the residents of bor- Katlicherra's AIUDF MLA insemination of the animal. the Assembly reading out the OF 1.25 LAKH DOSES OF West Siang district them- nel, the Assam officials said. dering Gutguti village mainly Suzam Uddin Laskar expressed The government believes state budget on Friday. selves decided to observe Mizoram, however, claimed dominated by Reang community serious concern over the inci- the step will help increase She said female births would HIGH GENETIC MERIT SEX- lockdown from Friday to July that the land where the police informed that they are passing dent and said he will raise the the numbers of better breeds help in meeting the ever-in- SORTED FROZEN SEMEN. 22, the District Information camp shed was built belonged Tensed interstate border. File photo. sleepless nights due to the con- issue in next session of the state of cows and control the male creasing demand for milk. and Public Relation Officer to it and said their forces are rushed to the shed area but stant threat and encroachments assembly. population. This year, the government at least 12,000 female calves are (DIPRO), Gijum Tali, said. ready to strike at any time if the reportedly failed to reach the of Assam land by neighbours. He asked the Assam govern- “The state proposes to intro- proposed to cover 50,000 cattle expected to be born as a result of The decision was made dur- Assam side makes any further spot due to poor road conditions. It is reported that at least 200- ment to ensure the security of duce the use of sex-sorted semen and buffaloes with the use of implementation during the first ing a meeting on Thursday in encroachment on its territory. The fresh construction of a 250 police battalions of Mizoram life and property of the residents for the benefit of dairy farmers. 1.25 lakh doses of high genetic year. The scheme may continue which local people and govern- A team of police and forest structure by Mizoram police police are engaged in the con- of his constituency. There will be an increase in the merit sex-sorted frozen semen. by inseminating 50,000 animals ment officers... Pg 5 officials from Katlicherra circle after the July 10 chief secre- struction of shed for the camp Meanwhile, a senior police number of high genetic female “With a 30% conception rate, annually... Pg 5 of Assam's Hailakandi district tary-level meeting has created around three kilometres inside officer of Mizoram... Pg 5