August 2021

ASSAM     Keep 75% seats in colleges for AHSEC passouts: Assam Govt The road to admission for CBSE passouts has turned rocky with the state directorate of higher education asking college authorities to limit to 25% the intake of students from other boards except the state board. In other words, three-fourth seats in colleges … Read more

ASSAM No decision yet on nationwide NRC: Govt The government has not taken any decision on preparing a National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) for the whole country, Union minister Nityanand Rai said in Parliament . He, however, said the government has decided to update the National Population Register (NPR) under the Citizenship Act, 1955, along with … Read more

ASSAM     ACMS demands tea ministry in Assam The Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS), the largest trade union of tea workers in the country, has demanded a tea ministry in Assam saying that it will help revive the state’s tea industry which is passing through a sluggish phase. Participating in the 63rd foundation day of the ACMS at … Read more

ASSAM   NDDB to manage Assam govt’s WAMUL for another five years   Assam government has extended the management of West Assam Cooperative Milk Union (WAMUL) by the Anand-headquartered National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for a period of another five years. WAMUL was on verge of closure when NDDB took over its management in 2008. Keeping in view the … Read more

ASSAM     Assam government plan to fill up 15,000 cop vacancies ushers in hope The state cabinet’s recent decision to begin the process of recruitment for 15,000 vacancies in the police department from September as part of the government’s promise to appoint 1 lakh youths in government service, has brought a ray of hope … Read more

ASSAM   Assam ‘first state’ to set up rent authority   Assam has promulgated a tenancy Act to establish a rent authority to regulate renting of premises, which will be market-driven and determined by a mutual agreement between tenants and landlords in order to protect the interests of both. Officials here said Assam is the first state in … Read more

ASSAM   Guards of Kaziranga get Satellite Phones   Kaziranga has become the first national park in the country to have been equipped with satellite phones. Kaziranga National Park is situated in the state of Assam. It is surrounded by the Brahmaputra in the north Karbi anglong in the south and river Diphu flows through … Read more

ASSAM   Lovlina punch imprints history Lovlina had to be content with the bronze after losing the 69kg category semifinal bout to top seeded Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey via unanimous decision. With the country sending its largest-ever contingent in boxing for the Tokyo Games, prospects were definitely high. However, things didn’t turn out as expected … Read more

ASSAM   Pig farming crisis in Assam Assam is a well known place for all the pork lovers. If we only talk about north-east, there are many star entrepreneurs residing in this area because of pig industry. Therefore, the state is now the pioneers of pig and pork production making it the largest pork yielding … Read more

  ASSAM     Border dispute: Assam signs agreement with Nagaland to diffuse stand-off on eastern front : Amid the hostile situation on its southern front with Mizoram, Assam signed an agreement on Saturday with Nagaland to end the standoff on its eastern front, both agreeing to withdraw each other’s police forces and instead use “UAVs and satellite imagery” to … Read more