August 2018

ASSAM   ·        GMC lacks efficient waste collection system: report   ð  The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is expending about 60 to 70 per cent budget of Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) on the MSW collection system, but they don’t have an efficient collection system.   ð  The report said that due to lack of … Read more 22.08.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM     Assam yet to contact Kerala on flood-hit migrant workers   Faced with ‘unprecedented’ destruction caused to human lives and property by flood, the Kerala government has chalked out special plans to rescue and repatriate the migrant workers, which include nearly 60,000 from Assam.   Ironically, the Assam government does not have any … Read more 14.08.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Piramal Foundation new initiatives for transforming school education   The Piramal Foundation, a premier non-profit organisation working in the field of education and health for more than a decade has entered into an agreement with Niti Aayog to work for transformation of all the 115 aspirational districts of the country by focusing on … Read more 15.08.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   UN concern over spurt in human trafficking cases     Illegal migration from Bangladesh to India is now a well established fact, but incidents of human trafficking, particularly trafficking of children from Bangladesh to India and vice versa has become a major cause of concern. The United Nations office of Drugs and Crime … Read more 21.08.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs