14.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

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 14.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

06.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

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 06.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

24-25.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

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 24-25.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

22.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

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 22.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

30.11.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

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 30.11.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

23.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

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 23.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

26.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

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 26.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

05.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

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 05.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs