February 2020

ASSAM 93 per cent of DoNER budget spent till date this fiscal The Ministry of DoNER on Thursday announced that nearly 93 per cent budget of the ministry has been spent till date for the current financial year. The DoNER Minister said that he has asked the officials to achieve 100 per cent target by … Read more

ASSAM   CSIR-NEIST research to focus on environmental care, herbal formulation A three-day international conference on Engineering Sciences and Technologies for Environmental Care (ESTEC-2020) was held at the CSIR-NEIST at Pulibor here from February 20. A CSIR-NEIST press note stated that participants from diverse areas of science and technology from across India and abroad attended … Read more

ASSAM   High-level committee on Assam Accord submitted report to CM Sarbananda Sonowal   A high-level committee, constituted by GoI, submitted its report on Assam Accord’s Clause 6 to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati. The Assam state government is now expected to send the report to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the follow-up action.   The committee … Read more

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visited the Indian Military Academy Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visited the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun to strengthen engagement and defence cooperation between the two countries. Princess Sirindhorn has also been an instructor and teaches history at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA). India and Thailand conducted a … Read more

Sri Lanka’s Army Chief, Shavendra Silva blacklisted by US The United States has blacklisted Sri Lanka’s Army Chief, Shavendra Silva, for human rights violations including extrajudicial killings during the last phase of the country’s civil war in 2009 Lt. Gen. Silva is credited with leading an Army division against Tamil Tiger rebels in the final … Read more

ASSAM   NITI Aayog to organize North East Sustainable Development Goal Conclave 2020 in Assam   NITI Aayog is organizing Sustainable Development Goals Conclave 2020: Partnerships, Cooperation and Development of North Eastern states- in Guwahati, Assam. The inaugural session will be held in all Chief Ministers of North Eastern states among others.   The three-day … Read more

India urged Turkey to not interfere in its internal affairs Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Islamabad compared the situation in Kashmir with the Gallipoli campaign of the World War II and extended support to Pakistan. He termed India’s recent actions in Kashmir as “unilateral”. India urged Turkey to not interfere in its internal affairs … Read more

United Nations (UN) Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) United Nations (UN) Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) will be organized in Gandhinagar, Gujarat begins 17 Feb and will conclude on February 22. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the United Nations (UN) Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) through video conferencing Topics such as the impact of … Read more

ASSAM Assam outfit moves SC on ‘removal’ of state’s ILP provision The All Tai Ahom Students’ Union has challenged the presidential order to amend the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR) of 1873 in the Supreme Court, calling it a “politically motivated” step to deny Assam an inner-line permit system to insulate it against the new citizenship law. … Read more

ASSAM 1951 cutoff year to define indigenous Assam people’ A home ministry-appointed committee is learnt to have proposed 1951 as the cutoff year for determining indigenous people of Assam while also recommending introduction of Inner Line Permit (ILP) to control the influx of outsiders into the state. The committee — set up to suggest ways to implement Clause 6 … Read more