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ASSAM Soon flights to ASEAN countries from Assam ADB has Rs 7,000 crore in investments in Assam and is a key to integrating the state with ASEAN countries by preparing a vision and strategy suitable for the South East Asia markets. The areas where Assam can increase ties with the ASEAN … Read more
ASSAM 28 groups protest against citizenship bill in Assam The simmering discontent against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 once again came to the fore on Thursday as over ten thousand activists from 28 organisations staged a mass protest at the old high schoolfield in Dibrugarh in protest against the controversial bill. Several prominent organisations, including … Read more
ASSAM security advisory for travellers are scaled down from japan to Northeast states In an effort to encourage tourists to visit northeast, Japan has decided to scale down to the lowest level the security advisory issued to its citizens for travelling to the region. The ambassador indicated that the decision has been taken … Read more
ASSAM Adhere to human rights norms in National Register of Citizens: UN to Sushma As Centre is set to complete counting the Indian citizens living in Assamby June-end and list their names in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and exclude illegal settlers from Bangladesh, five UN special rapporteurs have jointly have written to … Read more
ASSAM Strikes in Oil and Gas sector in Assam prohibited The Assam government has banned strikes by employees in the Oil and Gas sector in the state under the Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act, 1980 for six months. A notification to this effect was issued on March 13 prohibiting strikes in Assam by officers, workmen, … Read more
ASSAM Two North East districts to be adopted on pilot basis Union Government plans to adopt 15 districts in the country, including two in the Northeastern States, on a pilot basis to implement an intensive action plan for de-addiction and make the districts drug-free, according to the redrafted National Drug Demand Reduction Policy.The … Read more
ASSAM Real estate sector requests government to intervene in sand, stone price crisis Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers Association (Areida) requested the state government to intervene into the problem of acute scarcity and unabated price rise of sand and stone chips. The real estate body said they have been suffering huge losses for the last few … Read more
ASSAM Assam girl ambassador of ‘promote science’ initiative in France Assam’s Priyanka Das, working on satellite navigation for French major Safran, has been appointed ambassador for an initiative in France to encourage girls to follow scientific careers and take it to higher education levels. “For Girls and Science” initiative was launched in 2014 to promote … Read more
ASSAM Centre releases Rs 340 cr as interim flood relief to State The Centre has released Rs 340 crore to Assam as interim flood relief. Of the total amount, Rs 239 crore is from the Ministry of Home Affairs under the National Disaster Relief Fund, while the remaining Rs 101 crore has … Read more
ASSAM Govt initiative to fight superstition In view of incidents triggered by ignorance and superstitions in the State during last few months, the government plans to introduce a programme titled ‘Sanskar’ in all the development blocks and gaon panchayats very soon.A decision to start the programme was taken at a meeting chaired by … Read more