FEB 2022

ASSAM   Assam: Experts unhappy with Charaideo dossier for UNESCO tag   The Assam Archaeology Department has expedited the process of finalizing the dossier for the Charaideo site, the first capital of the Ahom Royals, to be sent to the Unesco for a world heritage tag. Of the 31 king maidams or graves scattered in the Charaideo capital complex, … Read more

ASSAM   Pulse polio immunization drive to cover 48.4 lakh children in Assam   The pulse polio immunization drive kicked off in Assam  with a goal to cover about 48.4 lakh children below five years of age this year, which is around 10% of Assam’s total population. As a part of this drive to cover all … Read more

ASSAM   AFSPA extended in Assam till August   Assam government notified the entire state as a ‘disturbed area’ and extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) for six more months from February 28.   The earlier six-month term of the “Disturbed Area” status and enforcement of AFSPA in the state since August 28 … Read more

ASSAM Assam CM announces construction of Lachit Samadhi, Alaboi war memorial To mark the 400th birth anniversary celebrations of LachitBorphukan, Assam Chief Minister HimantaBiswaSarma has announced building a Lachit Samadhi this year along with the construction of a war memorial on the Alaboi war. The CM made this announcement in the Cabinet meeting held on … Read more

ASSAM   Numaligarh Refinery to manufacture ethanol out of bamboo Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has collaborated with a Finnish company to manufacture ethanol out of bamboo The MD said to reduce carbon emissions, the company is trying to get out of captive power generation and get connected to the grid for which it has … Read more

ASSAM   ‘Assam’s combined tree cover area lost in 20 years almost twice the size of Delhi’   Researchers have come up with the alarming find that Assam has lost around 269 thousand hectares (2,690 sqkm) of tree cover area in the last two decades (2001 to 2020), which is close to twice the size of Delhi … Read more

ASSAM     Assam education department starts free distribution of textbooks   The state education department on Thursday started distributing over 3.22 crore textbooks in nine mediums and 19 languages for around 62 lakh students. Sources in the education department said that the number of students enrolled would be known at the beginning of the … Read more

ASSAM     Assam: Project Arohan Assam government is set to launch a four-year mentorship programme called Project Arohan. This project will be launched to provide guidance to students and boost their skills.   For this project, Assam Chief Minister HimantaBiswaSarma met Anita Rajan, CEO of Tata STRIVE, to sought their cooperation on this project. … Read more

    ASSAM   Himanta urges investors to take advantage of customisable industrial policy & invest in Assam Assam Chief Minister HimantaBiswaSarma urged leading industrialists and financiers in Mumbai to invest in diverse sectors in the state and assured them of total cooperation from the government in this regard. He held separate meetings with industry … Read more

  ASSAM   Tap water for every village by ’24: Sarma   Chief minister HimantaBiswa Sarma said the state government is committed to implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of providing clean tap water to all rural households in Assam by 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). He said to boost the mission in Assam, all the implementing … Read more