Current Affairs

  ASSAM     Nungthaang Tampak- North East’s First 100% Computer Literate Village   Manipur’s Nungthaang Tampak village has emerged as the ‘100 percent computer literate’ not only in the state but in the entire North East.   The computer course, which is affiliated to All India Society for Electronic and Computer Technology (AISECT), was … Read more

  ASSAM     Kudumbashree signs MoU with Assam government.   Kudumashree’s poverty eradication activities will be replicated in 51 more grama panchayaths in Assam. An agreement in this regard was signed between Assam state rural livelihood mission’s chief financial controller Diganta Gogoi and Kudumbashree executive director S Harikishotre.   The decision to replicate the Kudumbashree programmes in 51 grama panchayats … Read more

ASSAM   Assam forest dept deploys excavators to evict illegal encroachers.   Assam forest department  deployed 20 elephants and excavators to evict 1400 families that have been encroaching upon Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the northeastern fringe of Guwahat. The sanctuary is spread over 78.64 sq km.   As a precautionary measure against possible protest by the encroachers, … Read more

ASSAM   Assam appeals China for sharing Brahmaputra data.   Assam on Wednesday appealed to China to share hydrological data of Brahmaputra river, which flows through Tibet, with India to help state prepare for the oncoming disaster in advance.   The two countries have two agreements signed in 2013 and 2015 on sharing of hydrological data of … Read more

ASSAM   John Abraham may hold fund raiser for Assam flood victims.   Bollywood actor John Abraham said he is willing to hold a fund raising event to help the flood victims of Assam in association with the state government. “We would like to have a fund raising event for flood victims. But this has to be a government bonafide … Read more

ASSAM   Assam Government to launch Scheme for Compassionate Family Pension in lieu of Compassionate Appointment.   In Assam, State government launching a new Scheme called, Scheme for Compassionate Family Pension (CFP)in lieu of Compassionate Appointment. According to officials, where the employee dies before superannuation, the family pension equal to 100 percent of the last pay … Read more