Oct 2019

ASSAM   Entrepreneur on mission to promote cane and bamboo Guwahati-based entrepreneur has embarked on a relatively new mission to promote a sustainable lifestyle through optimum use of cane and bamboo products under its brand ‘Boocane’. Bordoloi’s startup venture – Ivantage Craft Private Limited – which is opening a new leaf in sustainable innovations, is … Read more

ASSAM   Bigger pest threat looms large over Assam   While invasion of cropland by the armyworm (called shurpok locally) is not unusual in Assam, a far bigger threat in the form of a possible fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) epidemic looms large over the State.   Armyworm infestation of crop in Assam in varied degrees … Read more

ASSAM   Ro Ro services in State hit by lack of manpower, logistics             The ‘unwise’ move of the State government in launching the Ro Ro (roll-on/roll-off) vessel services without doing adequate ground work has resulted in frequent and prolonged disruptions to their services almost immediately after those were launched with fanfare.             … Read more

ASSAM   Bid to take theatre to rural youths of State As part of its silver jubilee year celebration, theatre group and socio-cultural organisation Ba has decided to take theatre among the rural youths of Assam by organising workshops in different parts of the State. For the last 24 years the organisation has been staging … Read more

ASSAM   Kati Bihu observed in State Kati Bihu, the pre-harvest festival marked by austerity was observed across the State today. Also known as Kangali Bihu because of its solemnity, the occasion is observed by the people of the State traditionally to pray for a good harvest. Festivities associated with Bohag Bihu and Magh Bihu … Read more

ASSAM   ●      IIT Guwahati has partnered with KIT to organize ASP symposium   Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Guwahati has partnered with Japan’s Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT). The partnership aims to organize an international symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP-19) from 14 October to 18 October at the KIT, Matsugasaki, Kyoto, Japan. The symposium aimed to provide … Read more

ASSAM   Guwahati to host Filmfare Awards in Feb Decks have been cleared for hosting the prestigious and the most glamorous cine award function, the Filmfare Awards in Assam in February 2020. For the first time ever, the gala event will be held out of Mumbai.   A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard … Read more

ASSAM   ●      India first toilet college trains 3,200 workers Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the newly-constructed Gandhi Udyan built under the Guwahati Smart City Project at a cost of Rs 3 crore at the Gandhi Mandap in the city. The people from all sections of society must join hands to maintain peace, harmony, brotherhood and unity. The Guwahati’s green cover had been adversely … Read more

ASSAM   Study finds poor wages, housing, healthcare in Assam TEs   In an indictment of the Assam government’s initiative towards the welfare of tea workers, a study on the working and living conditions of plantation workers found crumbling houses with no toilets, poor wages, lack of quality health and education entitlements.   The new … Read more

ASSAM   Cabinet adopts new land policy   The State Cabinet adopted the new land policy besides effecting a 25 per cent hike in bus fares.   Under the new land policy, three bighas of agricultural land will be allotted to landless indigenous families. Landless families will also be allotted half bigha plots for house … Read more