28.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam in Niti’s top six best school-education states   Assam has been ranked among the top-six best-performing states by NITI Aayog’s School Education Quality Index (SEQI), but the state has been found to have the least percentage of toilets for girl students in the country.   Daman & Diu, Assam top the category … Read more

15.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM Guwahati to host annual Modi-Abe summit in December   The 19th-century colonial riverside bungalow and a cruise on the Brahmaputra are expected to be among the highlights of the annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe held in Guwahati in mid-December.The date for which are yet to be … Read more

16.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam cabinet mandates the sanitary napkins for all the industries and factories   The Assam cabinet has made sanitary napkins mandatory for all the industries and factories of Assam for their women staff. The decision was made by the Assam cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.   The aim of the move by the State … Read more

22.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam bans gutkha, pan masala for a year   The Assam government has banned gutkha, pan masala and other chewable tobacco products and nicotine in the state for a year with immediate effect.   The prohibitory order was issued by the state commissionerate of food safety on November 22, making manufacture, distribution, sale, … Read more

06.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   ·       City Livelihood Centre launched in Hailakandi ð The City Livelihood Centre (CLC) was inaugurated by Minister for Environment and Forest P Suklabaidya in Hailakandi town.   ð The coming up of the CLC would enable the urban poor to offer their goods and services in an organised manner to the potential buyers. … Read more

13.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam govt to start Arundhati    INTERNATIONAL   ·       Bangladesh partners with China to build Purbachal   Bangladeshhas partnered with Chinato build its first smart city and the biggest planned township on the outskirts of Dhaka. The project also includes a mega water project which upon completion, will divert water from the Meghna river to the … Read more

09.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM CM Sarbananda Sonowal launches children’s safety app Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal  launched a mobile app “Shishu Suraksha”, an initiative of Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, in Guwahati. The app, launched on the occasion of Children’s Day, would enable users to file complaints against child rights violation instantly. He stressed on the need for parents … Read more

30.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam: Soon, a dehumidifier test that will boost turmeric market A dehumidifier-based dehydration technology will soon be tested for the first time in the northeast, in an effort to take Assam turmeric to global markets. Guwahati-based Horticultural Research Station (HRS) under the Assam Agricultural University will conduct the experiment. The introduction of technology … Read more

14.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam government releases the new Land Policy 2019 after 30 years   Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal released the new Land Policy 2019 in Guwahati.   The Land Policy was approved by Cabinet on 21st October and it has been prepared by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department after 30 years.   It … Read more

03-04.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam pacts with AFD to restore its forest   AssamState government signed an agreement worth50 million euros (Rs.400 crore) with the French Development Agency (AFD). The agreement aims to help restore the state’s forests and preserve its biodiversity. The project reaffirmed the commitment of the two countries towards the restoration and preservation of rich and … Read more