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The Hindu
an hour ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Assam CM Himanta claims 5,000 social media accounts from Islamic countries are promoting State Congress
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday (June 19, 2025) alleged that over 5,000 social media accounts, mostly operated from Islamic countries, have become active in favour of the Assam Congress. Addressing a press conference, Mr. Sarma claimed that these accounts—originating from 47 countries, with the highest numbers from Bangladesh and Pakistan—have been focusing exclusively on the activities of a particular Assam Congress leader and the party's State unit pages over the past month. "It is surprising that they do not comment on or like posts by Rahul Gandhi or even the Indian National Congress. They are only focused on a particular leader and the Assam Congress," Mr. Sarma said. Besides Assam, they post Islamic fundamentalist content, including pro-Palestine, Iran and Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus. Though the CM did not name the leader, he appeared to be referring to Gaurav Gogoi, who was appointed Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president in May. Mr. Sarma remarked, "They are not concerned with the change in the party's leadership, but this development has taken place in the last month." ''For the first time, there is so much foreign involvement in Assam politics in the run-up to the 2026 assembly elections'', he said. The CM said the central government has been apprised of the issue, calling it a matter of "national security".
New Indian Express
an hour ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
5,000 social media accounts from 'Islamic countries' promoting Assam Congress, alleges Himanta
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that over 5,000 social media accounts, mostly operated from "Islamic countries," have become active in favour of the Assam Congress. Addressing a press conference, Sarma claimed that these accounts "originating from 47 countries, with the highest numbers from Bangladesh and Pakistan," have been focusing exclusively on the activities of a particular Assam Congress leader and the party's state unit pages over the past month. "It is surprising that they do not comment on or like posts by Rahul Gandhi or even the Indian National Congress. They are only focused on a particular leader and the Assam Congress," Sarma said.
Time of India
11 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Himanta hands over job letters to 481 candidates
Guwahati: Assam chief minister on Thursday distributed appointment letters to 481 candidates in the animal husbandry and veterinary, tourism, and education departments. About another 40,000 appointments in the offing and will be distributed in a single recruitment drive scheduled for Oct 10. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now With the inclusion of these 481 appointments, the total number of govt jobs secured under the present administration now stands at 1,20,840. Speaking on the occasion, Sarma expressed confidence that the state govt is well on course to reach a total of 1.60 lakh appointments by 10 Oct and emphasised that the transparent nature of this recruitment process has not only upheld merit, but also played a vital role in fostering a more robust educational ecosystem across the state. He said the animal husbandry sector has increasingly become a pillar of the rural economy, but Assam still lags behind other states in fully realising its potential. "To address this, the govt has partnered with the National Dairy Development Board to establish the North East Dairy and Foods Limited, which aims at producing, processing, and distributing 10 lakh litres of milk daily," he said. He added that the College of Veterinary Science, in collaboration with the National Dairy Development Board, is working to develop a new breed by crossbreeding Assam's indigenous Lakhimi cows with Gujarat's high-yielding Gir breed. Alongside livestock development, the chief minister emphasised the state's renewed focus on poultry and duck farming, noting that 90% of Assam's daily egg demand is currently met through imports. He also highlighted a national campaign to promote biogas and bio-CNG production, adding that efforts are underway to enable dairy enterprises to generate these from cattle dung — an initiative poised to offer farmers a valuable supplementary income stream. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now With a marked rise in both religious and nature-based tourism, Sarma underscored the sector's economic significance and called for greater innovation to enhance its appeal. Citing Dima Hasao's natural splendour, he said that the region has the potential to emerge as one of the country's premier tourist destinations. To this end, he added, govt has sanctioned Rs 4,000 crores for road and infrastructure development.
Time of India
11 hours ago
- Health
- Time of India
Assam free from high MMR burden, infant mortality rate also down: CM
1 2 Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state has come out from the historical backlog of high burden of maternal mortality ratio (MMR), which has been recorded by the sample registration survey (SRS) special bulletin for 2020-22, released recently. He added that the state's infant mortality rate (IMR) and under-5 mortality ratio (U5MR) have also improved significantly. "Assam is no longer the state with the highest MMR in the country. Assam's MMR is now better than Madhya Pradesh (159), Chhattisgarh (141), Uttar Pradesh (141) and Odisha (136) as per SRS 2020-22," Sarma said. As per SRS 2020-22, MMR of Assam has come down to 125. "This shows, 70 points (36%) drop in MMR in just two years. No other states in the country have shown such decline," Sarma added. He said from MMR of 490 in 2001-03, Assam improved to 125 by 2020-22, "almost reducing MMR to 1/4th. It is a great achievement for the state of Assam to bring such a great reduction of MMR even during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic." He attributed this high historical MMR to poor maternal health conditions and health infrastructure in the state. "Now, it is time to move forward and capitalise on all our effective strategies. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Scam Exposed: What They Won't Tell You about zero trust! Expertinspector Click Here Undo We must push Assam towards one of the five best states in the country in health sector," Sarma said, acknowledging that the state still has a great distance to go. "With renewed commitment and by adopting focused strategies for improvement of health sector with collective efforts of all members of health and family welfare department, medical education and research department, NHM and all other related departments we shall achieve our goals," he said. "In the last two decades, tremendous efforts have been undertaken, especially in the last 10 years, for which, significant improvement has been observed in reduction of maternal mortality," he said. He said it is not just MMR, but IMR also has improved tremendously. "Now, our performance (IMR) is at par with Odisha (32) and better than Uttar Pradesh (38), Chattisgarh (38) and Madhya Pradesh (40)," Sarma said. "Our Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) was as high as 88 per 1000 live births in 2008. This has also come down from 40 (SRS 2020) to 37 (SRS 2021) and further down to 35 (SRS 2022), almost reducing to 1/3rd. Similarly, our neonatal mortality rate also has improved from 33 per 1000 live births in 2005 to 22 in 2020-22," he added.
The Hindu
20 hours ago
- Health
- The Hindu
Assam's maternal mortality ratio improved significantly in last 20 years: Himanta
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday (June 19, 2025) said the State has recorded a decline in the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) to 125 during 2020-22 from 490 in 2001-03. Addressing a press conference, Mr. Sarma said the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) also has significantly improved in the state. "With the whole-hearted efforts of the government of Assam in the last 20 years, our MMR has improved to 125 in 2020-22 from 490 in 2001-03," he said. Over the last two decades, tremendous efforts have been undertaken, especially in the last 10 years, due to which significant improvement has been observed in the reduction of maternal mortality, he said. "Assam is no longer the highest MMR state of the country. Assam's MMR is now better than Madhya Pradesh (159), Chhattisgarh (141), Uttar Pradesh (141) and Odisha (136) as per Sample Registration System (SRS) 2020-22," the CM said. Talking about the IMR, Sarma said the benchmark indicator in 2005 in Assam was 68, way above the national figure of 58. As per SRS data, "IMR of Assam improved to 36 (in 2020), 34 (in 2021) and 32 (in 2022)," he added.
