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- **Five new corona positive cases in Assam; total cases stand at 42 - **On Thursday, five new corona cases were reported in Assam taking the total number of such cases across the state to 42. While four fresh cases are from Bongaigaon, one is from Karimganj in the Barak valley. The patient from Karimganj had secondary contact with a returnee from Nizamuddin Markaz, informed sources.
**2. Prolonged lockdown will lead to new cancer cases in Northeast: Health Experts - **Health experts have warned that prolonged lockdown might result in an alarming rise of new cancer cases in the North East. The warning has come after a large number of cancer patients are not able to avail treatment at the B. Borooah Cancer Institute and other cancer care centres in the region owing to the ongoing lockdown. Many patients are even missing their chemotherapy treatment which has raised the fear of more cancer deaths particularly in Assam.
**3. Ineligible people to get ‘Rejection Slips’ from NRC authority post-lockdown - **The process for distribution of ‘Rejection Slips’ to the people found ineligible for entry into the final NRC will begin after the lifting of lockdown by the government. Moreover, all documents presently in custody of the 2,500 NRC Sewa Kendras will be securely preserved in the offices of Revenue Circles across the State in the days to come. Talking to The Sentinel on Thursday, NRC State Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma stated, “Owing to the lockdown over Coron pandemic, the distribution process of ‘Rejection Slips’ is presently put on hold.
**4. Lockdown: Tea Estates in Tinsukia district flout labour norms on salaries & wages - **Stalemate over the payment of wages and salary to tea garden employees in Assam during the period under closure due to lockdown is yet to be resolved as the managements of several tea gardens in Tinsukia district continue to defy previous government orders, even after a warning letter was issued to several tea garden managers by the Assistant Labour Commissioner Tinsukia on Tuesday following receipt of complaints.
**5. Coronavirus: Vegetable market opens in Jagiroad, people express serious concern - **Following identification of four novel coronavirus positive cases in Jagiroad in Morigaon district, the Government of India declared the district as one of the red zones of the pandemic. As such complete lockdown is imposed in the district till May 3. But surprisingly, it has been observed that in many places within the heart of the town, the lockdown guidelines are not being followed.
**6. Assam Tea producers’ associations donate to Assam Arogya Nidhi - **Assam based indigenous tea producers’ associations — Assam Tea Planters’ Association, North Eastern Tea. Association and Bharatiya Cha Parishad, have donated a sum of Rupees nineteen lakhs to Assam Arogya Nidhi fund as support toward the fight against coronavirus pandemic.
**7. NFR transports over 530 rakes of freight train till April 29 - **N.F. Railway has transported huge quantity of Food grains, sugar, salt, coal, cement, edible oil and POL products etc. to every nook & corner within its jurisdiction as per requirement and demand received. During the lockdown period from March 23 to April 29, 2020, NFR carried more than 530 freight rakes to and from various parts of our country.
**8. Chandra Mohan Patowary visits Industrial Units of Sun Pharma and ITC, Rampur - **Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary visited two industrial units – Sun Pharma, Palashbari and ITC, Rampur – today to inspect the compliance of Coronavirus safety norms. These units are manufacturing essential medicines and essential food commodities respectively.