A retail shop for carbide free banana at Krishakor Dukan, Six Mile, Khanapara, Guwahati was inaugurated by Prabin Hazarika, Director of Horticulture and Food Processing on Thursday.
Mowsam Hazarika, Agriculture Officer informed that fruits are loved by everybody; extremely good for your health as they are loaded with vitamins and other nutrients that are essential for our growth and development. However the health benefits of fruits are being threatened by human greed. A potentially harmful compound believed to have carcinogenic properties is being used to ripen fruits by corrupt business men and shady market traders who are looking to make a quick buck.
Calcium carbide is a chemical compound that is industrially used in the production of calcium cyanamide for fertilizer and also in welding. When calcium carbide comes into contact with water it produces acetylene gas that hastens the ripening of several fruits such as mangoes, bananas and apples. This chemical is extremely hazardous because it contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus which both have dangerous effects on the human body.
However, Hazarika expressed that, use of ethylene gas exogenously is considered safe when used in concentration of 10-100 PPM ( 0.001-0.01%) depending upon the crop, variety and maturity, in ripening chambers at 18-24 Degree Centigrade with 90-95% relative humidity for ripening of fruits.
A massive extortion drive by ULFA is likely to hit a section of businessman in near future. The banned insurgent outfit is set to gear up it to contain the grim financial crisis plaguing it for the last couple of months. Sources told Assam Times that the outfit has asked Jibon Moran to manage the crisis that cripples the leaders and cadres alike in the dense jungles of Myanmar. “If the crisis remains unplugged a grim food crisis would cripple the entire banned outfit. Many insurgents will have to remain starved,” said sources. Moran, who is camping in Toga region of the neighbouring country is desperately trying to micro manage the crisis with a team of dreaded...
AICC is closely watching Dr Himanta Biswa Saram who is believed to have been aiding and abetting the dissident Congress leaders who are set to be axed in a day or two. AICC leaders told Assam Times that they will never take any hasty move against the former cabinet minister. Before taking any decision party vice president Rahul Gandhi will hold yet another meeting with Dr Sarma along with Anjan Dutta and chief minister Tarun Gogoi net month. The meeting is scheduled in Guwahati.
After weeks of will-it-won’t-it, APCC is preparing to expel five partymen alleging anti party activities.Sources told Assam Times that armed with AICC support, PCC president Anjan Dutta is set to issue the suspension notification in a day or two. They include Bolin Kuli, Rana Khan, Adil Shah. Hiranya Bora and Diganta Kalita have already put in their papers.These Congress leaders received showcause notices for criticising the party president and indulging in alleged anti-party activities.
The Asom Gana Parishad is gearing up to hold its executive meeting in Kaliabor later this month.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Thursday, party president Atul Bora said the meeting is scheduled to take place on July 26 and 27.The meeting is expected to formulate strategies for the assembly polls early next year.
The Asom Gana Parishad demands CBI probe into APSC scam where a section of the candidates managed to get selection for the ACS, APS and allied services for money. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Thursday, party president Atul Bora demanded CBI probe into the BPCL scam where a senior official committed suicide.Bora further accused Congress and BJP of trying to use the NRC for political mileage.
An undeclared race of rash driving is to be blamed for Thursday accident at Paltanbazar where five people sustained serious injury.Eyewitness told Assam Times that the city bus which was coming from Panbazar side was trying to overtake two other buses along with many two and three wheelers on the AT Road.“Had the bus tried to control its speed the incident would have taken place where more than 10 people sustained injury,” said one of the eyewitness. A college student is battling for life at the GMCH after he sustained injury in the accident. “The speeding bus rammed into the two wheeler on which the student was sitting,” said another eyewitness. ...
At least ten people sustained injury when a city bus rammed into an auto rickshaw along with a two wheeler in Guwahati on Thursday. The tragic accident took place at around 11 in the morning at the busy Paltanbazar area when a Ganeshguri bound city bus rammed into a two wheeler after the driver lost his control over it. A college student who was sitting on the stranded two wheeler received serious injury to be rushed to the GMCH where he is battling for life.Then it again rammed into an auto rickshaw before halting beside the Vishal Mega Mart. Three people who were travelling on the ill fated auto rickshaw also sustained injury.Seven other passenger who sustained serious injury are battling...
Akhil Gogoi has yet to surfaced as the authorities issued non bailable warrant against the KMSS leader who accused police of raping and killing a women from Meghalaya inside the Dispur police station.Policemen from Dispur have been looking for the KMSS leader for the last 48 hours in connection with a case registered against him. When conducted a search operation at his residence in Candmari, he was not found available on Tuesday and Wednesday.Notably, he alleged that policemen raped and killed the Meghalaya women inside the police station during the detention period triggering sensation across Assam and Meghalaya.
Microfinance: providing financial services for small businesses or entrepreneurs, especially in poor or rural communities, who do not have access to traditional banking or financial services. Sounds wonderfully altruistic, but just ask the people of Andhra Pradesh what their thoughts are about microfinancing and you’ll probably hear a completely different answer. Ramesh S. Arunachalam, economic development strategist and the author of a new novel, Where Angels Prey, reveals the devastating truths that often lurk behind the good intentions of Wall Street’s interest in India’s poor. Loosely inspired by real life events in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachalam’s fictionalized account...
In yet another tragic incident of men-elephant conflict a mother and son were trampled to death in Sonitpur district on Thursday. The incident took place at Nepalipam in the Rongapara area in the wee hours where a heard of wild elephants trampled to Rashmi Tanti and her kid Jit after damaging the hut they lived in.
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