January 2019

  ASSAM   Centre will use technology to seal Bangladesh borders in Bengal, Assam: Rajnath Singh   Union home minister Rajnath Singh  said the Centre will use technology to seal the international borders with Bangladesh in West Bengal and Assam through an integrated border management system.   The move will help check infiltration as well as smuggling and … Read more

ASSAM   Festival to promote NE trade, tourism on a global platform    Dubbed as the first-ever initiative to promote trade, tourism and cultural exchange between India’s North East and South East Asian nations, the North East India Festival to be held at the Central World, Bangkok, during February 9-10 will showcase the North East … Read more

ASSAM   Centre restructures Brahmaputra Board   Finally, the Union Government has restructured the Brahmaputra Board by providing it with the required teeth to cover all the NE states and North Bengal under its operational jurisdiction, so as to effectively handle all tributaries of the Brahmaputra and the Barak. The Board will now have nine … Read more

ASSAM   Subsidy scheme for farmers launched   Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal ceremonially launched the Farmers’ Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme.   The scheme has encapsulated three different plans. First is the Assam Farmers’ Credit Subsidy Scheme under which all short-term crop loan availed from scheduled commercial banks, regional rural banks and the Assam Cooperative Apex … Read more

ASSAM   8% kids in Assam aged 6-14 yrs enrolled in pvt schools: survey   Altogether 24.8 per cent children in Assam in the age group of 6 to 14 years are enrolled in different private schools, according the annual status of education report (Rural) 2018 published by ASER Centre, New Delhi recently.   According … Read more

ASSAM   N. Chakraborthy gets Assam Republic Journalism Award   Assam governmententitled the Republic Day Journalism Award 2019 to veteran journalist and former editor Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty. The award comprises Rupees one lakh in cash, a citation, the Assamese ‘xoraai’ (the bell metal memento presented as an honor), ‘jaapi‘ (headgear) and an angavastra.   INTERNATIONAL   … Read more

ASSAM   NRL receives ‘Best Miniratna PSU’ award     Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has been awarded the best miniratna PSU in strategic performance.   The award, comprising of a trophy, was presented to NRL MD S K Barua by Member of Parliament Manoj Tiwari and Poonam Dhillon at an award function held in New … Read more

ASSAM   Two Rhinos from Kaziranga has been transferred to Manas   Two Rhinos, One male, and other female, from Kaziranga national parkhas been moved to Manas National Park. The officials overseeing the translocation said that both the animals, who grew up together at Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) at Kaziranga, have been radio-collared so that their … Read more