Assam has highest maternal mortality rate
Guwahati. July 9 (TNN): A recent report on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) released by the Centre puts Assam as the top state with maternal mortatlity. Lack of nourishment and care for the would-be mother, sanitation and hygiene are a few reasons owing to the shameful statistics. "A few states have always been in media focus for mistreating women and the girl child. This notion has further been fuelled by TV soaps and sensational tabloids. States like West Bengal and Assam has set fine examples of an equal society. But with the latest statistics, Assam has to rethink the way it treats it girl child," says Dr Malti Barua, a leading gynecologist in Assam. Against the national average of 212, MMR in Assam is 390, the highest in the country. The number is way higher than states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Rajasthan. The only silver lining in the bulletin is that MMR in Assam has declined from 480 (during 2004-2006) period to 390 (during 2007-2009).
Venue of CET shifted
Agartala, July 9 (PTI): The Tripura government has shifted the venue of Common Entrance Test (CET) of Tripura Medical College here after the opposition Congress threatened to stop the examination on the plea that it was illegal.The Director General of Police, Saleem Ali said, the venue was shifted from college to Maharaja Bir Bikram College with proper security provided.Leader of the Opposition Ratan Lal Nath said his party demanded that 85 seats of the total 100 seats should be filled up on the basis of the state joint entrance test and the remaining 15 kept reserved for central pool of the Tripura Medical College.Last evening Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty and Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury held a meeting with a Congress delegation led by Nath and requested them to cooperate in running the CET.The state government wanted to fill up 55 seats from the merit list of the Joint Entrance Test, reserve 15 seats for the central pool and fill up 30 seats by CET.
ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Barua appoints Pranmoy Asom as new 'foreign secretary'
GUWAHATI, July 9 (PTI): ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua has appointed Pranmoy Asom as the 'foreign secretary' of the anti-talk faction of the outfit. The appointment was made by Barua following a meeting of the outfit in its mobile office and directed Asom to assume responsibility immediately, publicity incharge Arunodoy Dohotiya said in an e-mailed statement. The self-styled foreign secretary will be responsible for strengthening ties with Far East and South Eastern countries sympathetic to the ULFA cause.
Guwahati. July 9 (TNN): A recent report on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) released by the Centre puts Assam as the top state with maternal mortatlity. Lack of nourishment and care for the would-be mother, sanitation and hygiene are a few reasons owing to the shameful statistics. "A few states have always been in media focus for mistreating women and the girl child. This notion has further been fuelled by TV soaps and sensational tabloids. States like West Bengal and Assam has set fine examples of an equal society. But with the latest statistics, Assam has to rethink the way it treats it girl child," says Dr Malti Barua, a leading gynecologist in Assam. Against the national average of 212, MMR in Assam is 390, the highest in the country. The number is way higher than states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Rajasthan. The only silver lining in the bulletin is that MMR in Assam has declined from 480 (during 2004-2006) period to 390 (during 2007-2009).
Venue of CET shifted
Agartala, July 9 (PTI): The Tripura government has shifted the venue of Common Entrance Test (CET) of Tripura Medical College here after the opposition Congress threatened to stop the examination on the plea that it was illegal.The Director General of Police, Saleem Ali said, the venue was shifted from college to Maharaja Bir Bikram College with proper security provided.Leader of the Opposition Ratan Lal Nath said his party demanded that 85 seats of the total 100 seats should be filled up on the basis of the state joint entrance test and the remaining 15 kept reserved for central pool of the Tripura Medical College.Last evening Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty and Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury held a meeting with a Congress delegation led by Nath and requested them to cooperate in running the CET.The state government wanted to fill up 55 seats from the merit list of the Joint Entrance Test, reserve 15 seats for the central pool and fill up 30 seats by CET.
ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Barua appoints Pranmoy Asom as new 'foreign secretary'
GUWAHATI, July 9 (PTI): ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua has appointed Pranmoy Asom as the 'foreign secretary' of the anti-talk faction of the outfit. The appointment was made by Barua following a meeting of the outfit in its mobile office and directed Asom to assume responsibility immediately, publicity incharge Arunodoy Dohotiya said in an e-mailed statement. The self-styled foreign secretary will be responsible for strengthening ties with Far East and South Eastern countries sympathetic to the ULFA cause.
