Jan 2020

ASSAM Padam shri Awardee Indira P. P. Bora Art Lil Bahadur Chettri Literature and Education Ravi Kannan R. Medicine Jogendra Nath Phukan Literature and Education Kushal Konwar Sarma Medicine Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile capability displayed to the world as the ASAT weapon, Mission Shakthi developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) On March 27, … Read more

ASSAM   APGCL to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Assam The Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGCL) has announced that it is to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Assam. The facility will be established near the proposed integrated solid waste management facility (ISWMF) of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) on the campus of the old Chandrapur Thermal Power Plant. … Read more

ASSAM   State tourism lost Rs 500 cr due to anti-CAA stir   State tourism sector has lost an estimated revenue of Rs 500 crore due to the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act during the peak tourist season.   The period from December to March is the peak tourist season for Assam. However, as … Read more

ASSAM   Call for comprehensive study of Siu-Ka-Pha’s policies The Ahom community is the most influential community in the world and this is because of the ideal of harmony practised and preached by Chaolung Siu-Ka-Pha, the Tai prince from Mong Mao, who established the Ahom Kingdom at Charaideo after travelling thousands of kilometres from Yunnan … Read more

ASSAM   World Bank and Government of India Sign $88 million loan agreement for the implementation of Assam Inland Water Transport Project The Government of India, the Government of Assam and the World Bank signed a loan agreement of $88 million here to help modernize Assam’s passenger ferry sector that runs on its rivers including … Read more

ASSAM   State startups chosen for NIDHI-EIR prog Two startups from Assam – Let’s Learn Together and Little Machines – have been selected for the NIDHI-Entrepreneurs-In-Residence programme, under which they are entitled to a monthly grant of up to Rs 30,000 for a year. The NIDHI-Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) programme is an initiative by the National Science … Read more