Jan 2020

Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ to help cyclone-hit Madagascar INS Airavat has been deployed for ‘Operation Vanilla’ The ship is carrying five pallets each of victualing, clothing and naval stores along with three pallets of medicines   India successfully test-fires K-4 missile On January 19, 2020, India successfully test-fired 3,500 … Read more

NASA’s Spitzer space telescope The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003 and retired on 30 January 2020. Spitzer carries three instruments on board: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS)   Arvind Krishna elected IBM CEO … Read more

ASSAM   Assam saw most UAPA cases in 2018   Assam has topped the list of cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2018, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report has revealed. The NCRB, in its latest report “Crime in India 2018”, has stated that 308 cases were registered in Assam under … Read more

Budget Highlights   Expenditure: The government proposes to spend Rs 30,42,230 crore in 2020-21, which is 12.7% higher than the revised estimate of 2019-20.   Receipts: The receipts (other than net borrowings) are expected to increase by 16.3% to Rs 22,45,893 crore, owing to higher estimated revenue from disinvestments.   GDP growth: The government has … Read more

ASSAM Centre to sign an accord with Bodo militant group NDFB The government of India signs an accord with the banned Assam-based insurgent group Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) . The agreement will be signed by the Joint Secretary in the MHA, Satyendra Garg, and Assam Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna with the leaders of the four factions of … Read more

ASSAM   Assam announces host of sops for state’s tea tribe The government in the state on Wednesday approved a series of schemes for the tea tribe community, which forms the party’s biggest support base in upper Assam. To help 15,000 youths of the community in self-employment, the cabinet approved a grant of Rs 25,000 … Read more

ASSAM   Call for classical language status to Assamese   Generally the Indian Classical Language status is given to languages which have a rich heritage and are of independent nature. The status is awarded by the Government of India and so far this honour has been bestowed on six languages of India – Tamil in … Read more

ASSAM   Assam registers most cancer cases in Northeast’ Out of 39,000 new cancer cases that are reported in the northeast every year, Assam alone contributes 29,000 cases. In India, almost two-third of the total number of all cancer cases can be detected at an early stage or prevented through lifestyle modification and timely screening. “About 80% … Read more

Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue to redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) in Assam, currently spread over four districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri. villages dominated by Bodos that were presently outside the BTAD would be included and those with non-Bodo population would be excluded The … Read more

ASSAM   55,000 Guwahati families to get piped water from year-end State chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced “pure drinking water” for 55,000 households of Guwahati by the year-end. His announcement came after his cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Kejriwal’s free water and electricity to people of Delhi were among the factors that shaped his … Read more