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ASSAM Assam gets its first-ever CNG fuel station in Dibrugarh Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the first-ever CNG fuel station of the state in Dibrugarh. With the inauguration of this clean and green fuel station, it will reduce environmental pollution. Sonowal has given much emphasis to make the state free from pollution. … Read more
ASSAM Govt to scrap 61 of 209 incomplete irrigation schemes in State The irrigation department has decided to pre-close 61 of the 209 schemes, including some major ones, which have remained incomplete since years. Work on some of these schemes had begun nearly 10 years back, although the progress so far has been … Read more
ASSAM Assam win title in NE shooting Assam clinched the team title in the 7th North East Zone Shooting Championship held at the Sports Shooting Range in the 4th AP Bn Complex, Kahilipara from August 19 to 23. The championship was organised by the Assam Rifle and Shooting Association. State teams of … Read more
ASSAM · IIT Guwahati signs MoU with RD Grow Green India for safer drinking water Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RD Grow Green India Pvt. Ltd. The Technology Transfer Signing Ceremony held at the IIT Guwahati campus between T G Sitharam, Director IIT Guwahati and Rajeev Saikia, MD, RD … Read more
ASSAM Consultant to study tea industry crisis Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said that the government will engage an outside consultant to study the problems of the tea industry. The Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA) has also sought a review of the land utilisation policy for allowing alternative use of land … Read more
ASSAM Assam gets protected area tag after NRC Assam has now been placed under protected area category by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs following the controversy generated by the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Till now foreign media were barred from entering only Jammu and Kashmir … Read more
ASSAM Agriculture meet in Guwahati to aid Northeast farmers A northeast regional conference on transformation of Indian agriculture was held in Guwahati The objective of the conference was to derive inputs from all the northeastern states and industries which will be compiled in the form of a report that will be submitted … Read more
ASSAM Assam tea fetches record Rs 75,000 for a kilo A kilo of Dikom Tea Estate’s Golden Butterfly tea was knocked down for Rs 75,000 at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre, breaking the record for the highest price fetched by a tea at a public auction for the third time in a fortnight. The Golden … Read more
ASSAM State agency to look into beel fisheries’ woes Fisheries is a very unique enterprise, because unlike other agricultural crops, it can be practised throughout the year. However, beel fisheries have been facing serious problems of siltation, macrophyte infestation, unauthorised encroachment and paddy cultivation near beel margins. This observation was made by … Read more
ASSAM Tea bodies urge govt to take over TE hospitals Chairman of the Indian Tea Association (ITA) and Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA) today made an ardent appeal to the Government to take over the tea estate (TE) hospitals and to run them under the State and Central Government health schemes. … Read more