The North-East Liver Foundation Society organised North East Medicon 2023 on Sunday in Khanapara. The event saw the participation of about 200 experienced physicians from across the country.
Global recognition for a medical experiment to use a pig's heart as a transplant in a human body, now being claimed by US surgeons could have been in an Assam doctor's name, and that too 25 years ago, had he submitted his findings for a crucial peer review and sought requisite permissions before his path-breaking operation. Dr Dhaniram Baruah, a man 'ahead of his times', had
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GUWAHATI: The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Thursday said the total number of injured people in the state has gone up to 12 and no casualties have been reported in last 24 hours.
“Damage assessment has been completed in 18 districts so far and 428 residential houses/ apartments etc., 148 private and public institutions like school, anganwadi centres, health centres, government buildings, namghar, etc., are reported to have been damaged,” the authority stated.
The damage has been reported from Baska, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup Metro, Karbi Anglong, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts. Other infrastructure damage includes one embankment in Baska district, two bridges in Nagaon district, APDCL infrastructure in Sonitpur, Udalguri and Hojai districts.
Eight quakes have jolted the state since Wednesday night A total of eight quakes jolted the state since Wednesday night and all originated in and around Tezpur, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in its bulletin. The strongest one was of 4.6 magnitudes that hit at 1:20 am, forcing the people to run out of their homes in panic. Strong tremors were felt in several parts of northeast India and north Bengal.
Tremors
No immediate report of any injury due to aftershocks The other tremors were 2.8, 2.6, 2.9, 2.3, 2.7, 2.7, and 2.8 in magnitude, hitting the state at 9:38 pm, 12:24 am, 1:10 am, 1:41 am, 1:52 am, 2:38 am and 7:13 am, the NCS said.
Massive Earthquake Hits Various District of Assam
Guwahati:
Earthquake Hits Assam: A massive quake hit Assam and adjoining areas on Wednesday morning. According to the Met department, the earthquake measured 6.4 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was Sonitpur.
Earthquake of Magnitude:6.4, Occurred on 28-04-2021, 07:51:25 IST, Lat: 26.69 & Long: 92.36, Depth: 17 Km ,Location: 43km W of Tezpur, Assam, India for more information download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/sayMF9Gumdpic.twitter.com/lWRDtIAWh5 National Center for Seismology (@NCS Earthquake) April 28, 2021
Aftershocks were also felt.
Damages caused by earthquake
Reports of damages to buildings and properties have come in from different parts of the state. In Guwahati damages have been reported at CM Block building, Assam Secretariat,