Teenaged Tuntun was hurry to close his teastall at Paltanbazar in Guwahati on Saturday as soon as the clock struck at 2 afternoon. When asked,Tuntun told assamtimes that he was not closing his stall because of the ULFA bandh call. Other shops and stall also simultaneouslygot closed. This was how,world cup mania gripped Guwahati on Saturday. Young and old are sitting rivetted on the television sets to watch out the thrilling cricket clash where the blue brigades are taking on Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Roads are remaining deserted,vehicles are off from the streets in Guwahati. Some people and a group of policemen are enjoying the match with big screens at public places. Chak de India is what sticks to their lips.
On the occasion of his birth centenary this year, Jyotiprasad Medhi Award in Mathematical Sciences is announced by his family. Professor Jyotiprasad Medhi was a world renowned scholar in Statistics who was born on 1st July 1924 in Ramdia, Assam. He received his D.Sc. (with Tres Honorable) from the University of Paris (Sorbonne) in 1956 and returned to Assam to teach at Gauhati University where he later became the Head of the Department in Statistics, Dean of Faculty of Science, and Acting Vice-Chancellor. His textbooks on Stochastic Processes and Queueing Theory are widely used for teaching in many academic institutions around the world. He passed away on 3rd February 2017 at the age of 92...
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