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ASSAM Assam board flip-flop questions future of Assamese study in schools The Board of Secondary Education, Assam’s (Seba) flip flop on making Assamese learning mandatory has raised questions on whether the Assamese language will continue to be taught in schools mushrooming in the state. English is taking over as the medium of instruction … Read more
ASSAM Assam: 95% private schools keep fees within govt-set limit for new session Of the 1,700 schools that had applied to the fee regulatory committee of the state government since October last year seeking a certificate of exemption from fee-cuts by the panel for the session 2021-2022, about 95% schools gave affidavits … Read more
ASSAM Assam: Health, education bigger issues in Barpeta than citizenship Minority strongholds in Barpeta seem more concerned about health, education and infrastructure development than citizenship issues. Thousands of people were excluded from the NRC, the updated version of which was published in August 2019 in Baghbar, Jania and Chenga constituencies in Barpeta. This district has been the nervecentre … Read more
The soils of Assam are very rich in content of nitrogen and organic matter. The alluvial soils of the Brahmaputra and the Barak valley are highly fertile and are very much suitable for raising of varieties of crops round the year such as cereals, pulses, oilseeds, plantation crops etc. The well drained, deep, acidic … Read more
ASSAM Assam govt announces free power for all new oxygen plants The Assam government said it will provide free power to all the new oxygen plants that are coming up in the state. In a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, a number of decisions were taken in view … Read more
Assam is an important geographic location of North-East India. Situated between 89 – 96 East Longitude and 24 -27North Latitude, Assam is bordered in the North and East by the Kingdom of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. Along the South lie Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. Meghalaya lies to her South-West, Bengal and Bangladesh to her … Read more
ASSAM WHO features Assam’s Covid-19 frontline workers World Health Organization in appreciation of effective Covid-19 management in Assam has featured the state’s frontline workers in its news section with the headline “ASSAM: Frontline workers with muddy feet and hearts of gold.” The feature story published on Wednesday has paid tributes to the state’s frontline workers saying, … Read more
ASSAM Delayed hospitalisation linked to high death toll in Assam Delayed hospitalization of Covid patients from some of the designated government Covid Care Centres (CCCs) is among the reasons for the high death toll of 70-80 people succumbing to the virus or Covid-related complications every day in Assam. This despite the Covid situation improving in the … Read more
Irrigation and Water Resources Development provides the basic infrastructure for the growth of economy of the country and large investment has been made for the purpose in our country. Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil for crop production by constructing headworks (weir) across a river in case of flow irrigation … Read more
The climate of Assam is typically ‘tropical monsoon rainfall’ type, with high levels of humidity and heavy rainfall. Summers The summer season in Assam starts from the month of March and extends till the end of June. Extreme humidity and frequent showers characterize the season. The average temperature during this time of the year … Read more