Current Affairs

13.11.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   41,000 posts in govt schools lying vacant in Assam   Around 41,000 posts, including those of over 27,000 teachers, are lying vacant in various government run schools across Assam.   A total of 40,845 posts are lying vacant in various government-run schools and out of these, 27,202 posts are of teachers.   The state government had … Read more

02-06-2020 Daily APSC Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam cabinet approves ‘ruthless quarantine’ for all entering state Assam cabinet  approved ruthless implementation of quarantine protocol and no one arriving from outside the state by air, land or train will be allowed to go home without completing the quarantine period. The cabinet also decided to support the folk artistes of the state … Read more

02.08.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   State’s share of Central devolution dips   The State’s share of Central devolution has come down from 3.34 per cent to 3.31 per cent. Last year, we should have got Rs 29,000 crore by way of Central tax devolution but we eventually got Rs 25,000 crore, meaning a shortfall of Rs 4,000 crore. … Read more

30.09.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Amaravati Declaration’ likely to be launched next month   The State government has begun arrangements for launching the ‘Amaravati Declaration’, a document comprising recommendations of an expert group constituted at the National Women’s Parliament (NWP), in the middle of next month.   It comprises 10 issues concerning women’s empowerment and security   … Read more

28.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   A huge cancer care system to be set up in Assam soon   The Tata Trusts and the state government are collaborating to set up, in a first, a three-level Rs 1400-cr cancer care grid that will connect district hospitals, medical colleges to an advanced centre at Guwahati. Tata Trusts is the philanthropic arm of … Read more

01.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Lecanorchis taiwaniana discovered in Assam   Lecanorchis taiwaniana(The parasitic bloom), a type of orchid was accidentally discovered in Assam. This is the first time it is discovered in India. But the orchid species is already known in Japan, Taiwan, and Laos. The orchid was accidentally discovered in Assam by Jatindra Sarma, Assam’s forest officer named. He … Read more