Guwahati News

IIT Guwahati Researchers Find New Clues To How And Why Stars Die

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 12, 2021

IIT Guwahati researchers claim to have found important clues to understand the death of massive stars. According to the team, the solutions to the toughest challenges to the core collapse mechanism of the huge supernovae come from the tiniest subatomic particles called neutrinos.

IIT Guwahati Students' Start-Up Develop AgSpeak For Farmers To Manage Crops

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 15, 2020

The application considers up to 20 local crop parameters which are key indicators of their health like temperature, rainfall, sunlight hours, soil health status, among others, to alert farmers about probable crop threats in advance and suggest best practices to tackle those.

IIT Guwahati Develops Space Optical Communication Using Light Beams

Education | Edited by Mridusmita Deka | Monday November 23, 2020

In free-space communication, an IIT Guwahati statement says, data in the form of voice, text or image is transmitted using light wirelessly rather than through optical fibres and it represents the next generation of communications technology.

IIT Guwahati Team Working Towards Protecting Data From Cyber Attacks

Education | Edited by Mridusmita Deka | Wednesday September 2, 2020

The IIT Guwahati team has also designed encryption architectures that can be used to protect sensitive health data that is transmitted through the internet.

Assam Floods: River Breaches Banks In District Near Guwahati, Residents Evacuated

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday July 23, 2020

Assam's junior Health Minister and MLA Pijush Hazarika has been working with rescuers and relief managers on a boat to reach flood-hit people in the state's Morigaon district, 75 km east of Guwahati.

Assam Activist Akhil Gogoi Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Guwahati

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Saturday July 11, 2020

Assam activist Akhil Gogoi who has been charged with sedition for protesting against the amended citizenship law has been tested positive for coronavirus. He has been lodged in Guwahati jail for the last few months in connection with a case linked to protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.

IIT Guwahati, Shri Sankaradeva Nethralaya Develop Device For Detection Of Diabetic Retinopathy

Education | Written by Mridusmita Deka | Wednesday June 24, 2020

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Shri Sankaradeva Nethralaya Guwahati have developed a “point-of-care” testing device to detect diabetic retinopathy at an early stage. The team has filed an Indian patent for this device and the associated idea.

IIT Guwahati First To Introduce MS Research Programme In E-Mobility, Admission From June 15

Education | Edited by Mridusmita Deka | Friday June 12, 2020

IIT Guwahati, aims to develop a “world-class” two-year MS (Research) programme for students in Automotive OEM, Automotive Tier-1 and Tier-2 Supplier and Research Laboratories. The admission process will start on June 15, 2020.

Fighting COVID-19: IIT Guwahati Students Develop Innovative and Low-Cost Products

Education | careers360 | Wednesday May 27, 2020

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, or IIT Guwahati, have developed heat-based sanitizer box, disinfectant tunnel, foot-operated hand sanitisation system and face masks to help fight COVID-19.

Gauhati University Declares UG And PG Results For 1st, 3rd And 5th Semesters Of 2019-2020 Session

Education | careers360 | Friday May 22, 2020

Lockdown 4: Gauhati University has declared the results of 1st, 3rd and 5th semesters of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. GU has over 350 affiliated colleges.

DNB Final Examination At Guwahati Medical College Postponed

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Thursday December 12, 2019

The Board, which conducts postgraduate and postdoctoral examinations for the award of Diplomate of National Board (DNB), has postponed the DNB final examination (Theory) scheduled to be held on December 13, 14 and 15 at Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati.

Assam Student's Boyfriend Gets Death Sentence 2 Years After Her Murder

Guwahati News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday August 4, 2019

Almost two years after a college student was murdered in Assam's Guwahati, her boyfriend was sentenced to death by a fast-track court in the city.

Eminent Artist Benu Mishra, 80, Dies In Guwahati

Guwahati News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 29, 2019

Eminent artist Benu Mishra died at his residence in Kahilipara area in Guwahati today, his family said. He was 80.

12 Injured In Blast Outside A Mall In Guwahati; 2 Critical

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Stela Dey | Thursday May 16, 2019

At least 12 people were injured in a grenade blast outside a busy shopping mall in Assam's Guwahati on Wednesday evening. The condition of two people is critical and all the injured have been admitted to three hospitals. Two Sashastra Seema Bal jawans are among the injured.

4 Injured In Explosion At Central Guwahati, Security Tightened At Markets

Guwahati News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday October 13, 2018

Four people were injured in an explosion on a footpath by the banks of the Brahmaputra river in central Guwahati this morning, the police said. The blast at Pan Bazaar, not very far from the local police station, led to a long traffic jam as hundreds of people were out at the market on a weekend ahead of Durga Puja.