15.12.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assamese version of In Search of Native Personality released   Thaluwa Byaktitvar Sandhanat, the Assamese version of In Search of Native Personality, the small-in-size-but-heavy-in-weight book, penned by renowned socialist turned leading ideologue of the indigenous peoples’ movement for self-determination in the North East region Late Nibaran Bora 36 years back, was released.   … Read more

01.12.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

ASSAM   In a first, Assam tea estate gets woman manager   Manju Baruah is the manager of Apeejay Tea’s Hilika Tea Estate in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district.   An official of Tea Board of India said there have been women senior assistant ma-nagers and welfare officers but no woman was appointed manager until Baruah was … Read more

12.12.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam school bags award at British Council event ð   Suderashan Public School, Guwahati was the only school from the northeast to receive the British CouncilInternational School Award in a recently held ceremony in Delhi this year. A total of 44 other schools from West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh were also awarded on … Read more

02-03.12.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

ASSAM   National Register of Citizens status of voters also matters: MHA   While the Election Commission maintains that any Assam resident excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) would not automatically lose voting right and can still be in the electoral rolls if he produces some other proof of citizenship before the electoral registration … Read more

30-31.12.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Center has given an extension of 6 months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the NRC in Assam   The Center given an extension of six months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by 30th June 2019 as the enumeration of citizens in the NRC … Read more

26.12.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Nightingale of Assam singer Dipali Borthakur passed away at 77   She was a Padma Shrirecipient in 1998 and was also known as “Asomiya Lata Mangeshkar.” She was honored with The Axiom Srestho by The Telegraph, Silipi Bota (2010) and Aideu Handique Silpi Award (2012) among others.   A Padma Shri, many fans fondly called Borthakur “Asomiya … Read more