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ASSAM China alerts India about ‘abnormal’ increase in Tsangpo volume Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have been put on high alert after China alerted India about an “abnormal” increase in the volume of water in the Yarlung Zangbo (or Tsangpo) river due to a cloudburst in the Tibetan region. According to a report received … Read more
ASSAM 14 lakh ghost kids in Assam anganwadis, finds survey A survey of children enrolled in anganwadis in Assam has thrown up 14 lakh fake entries of names of children in records who actually were non existent when the state government conducted a ground verification. There are around 14 lakh anganwadis across India and it is … Read more
ASSAM · Government schools of Assam to take Pledge against tobacco use ð Students of all Government schools in the State of Assam will take oath on December 1 not to use tobacco in any form. ð It is to be mentioned that Assam has 48.2% adults (aged 15+) tobacco users of … Read more
ASSAM Assam college creates rice bank to preserve indigenous varieties A college in Assam has walked the extra mile by not only setting up a rice bank to preserve seeds of indigenous varieties that are losing out to new high-yielding varieties but also encouraging farmers to grow them so that they do not … Read more
ASSAM Assam government wants change in Army formations Assam government wants a re-arrangement of the Areas of Responsibility (AOR) of Army’s Tezpur-based 4th Corps and Dimapur-based 3rd Corps to effectively counter a resurgent Ulfa (I) in upper Assam areas. The three disturbed districts in upper Assam are Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Sibsagar, all of which are looked … Read more
ASSAM 6,000 cases of domestic violence in Assam this year Domestic violence accounts for the highest number of cases of crimes against women in Assam. A total of 21,298 cases of crimes against women were registered in the state last year. Of these, nearly half – 10,580 – were cases of violence by … Read more
ASSAM Assam urges other northeast states to ensure commuters’ safety The Assam government has urged neighbouring Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland to ensure that interstate commuters are not harassed over the National Register of Citizens. Interstate commuters in the Northeast are facing harassment at check points in some places following the publication of the NRC. … Read more
ASSAM Protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Dibrugarh Activists of the All Assam Nibanuwa Parishad (AANP) staged a sit-in to oppose the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Terming the bill as a big threat to the identity of Assamese community and culture, the members categorically stated that they would never accept the … Read more
ASSAM FCI to procure 68,000 metric tonnes of paddy from State farmers The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has set a target of around 68,000 metric tonnes of paddy to be procured from the farmers of Assam in the 2018-19 marketing year. In the meantime, the FCI is also going to … Read more
ASSAM Assam plans panel on climate change, to be headed by CM Assam has decided to set up a climate change management society, with a governing body that will be headed by the chief minister. The decision comes after a government report said the state is likely to be hotter by 2.2°C and extreme rainfall, droughts … Read more